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050		4	_aE 221 .M24 1998
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100	1		_aMaier, Pauline, _d1938-2013.
245	1	0	_aAmerican scripture : _bmaking the Declaration of Independence / _cPauline Maier.
246	3	0	_aMaking the Declaration of Independence
250			_a1st Vintage books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bVintage Books, _c1998.
300			_axxi, 304 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Originally published in hardcover ... by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1997"--Title page verso.
520			_aHistorian Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. She describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in other "declarations" of 1776. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. She also reveals what happened after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society--From publisher description.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Gathering at the shrine -- Independence: Congress ; Independence? ; Common sense ; A republic? ; Decision -- The "other" declarations of independence: In English ways ; Mobilizing the people ; Declaring independence ; Founding a republic -- Mr. Jefferson and his editors: The drafting committee ; Jefferson's draft : the charges against the King ; Jefferson's draft : a revolutionary manifesto ; Congress's declaration -- American scripture: Spreading the news ; An all-but-forgotten testament ; A partisan document ; Sacred text ; Equality and rights -- Epilogue: Reflecting at the memorials -- Appendix A: State and local declarations of independence, a log : April-July 1776 -- Appendix B: Local resolutions on independence : some examples -- Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence : the Jefferson draft with Congress's editorial changes.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-285) and index.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _tDeclaration of Independence.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1775-1783.
630	0	7	_aDeclaration of Independence (United States) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01356069
650		7	_aPolitical science. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01069781
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648		7	_a1775 - 1783 _2fast
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