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Author:   Michael Ditmore
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781032892849

ISBN 10:   1032892846
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   12 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Preface List of Acronyms Introduction: The Declaration of Independence and Criticism Finding ""the"" Declaration of Independence: Notes on the Text(s) 1. Agent(s)/Agency, Slavery and Slavery in Eighteenth-Century British North America as Rhetoric (and Some Reality) 2. The Major Premise: Ambiguating The Human Condition, Government, and Divine Passivity 3. The Minor Premise: The Omnipotent Potentate, the Grievances, and Slavery (and the Virginia Constitution, 1776-1903) 4. Authorizing and Accomplishing Independence: Jefferson's Double-Columned Conclusion, the Return (or Not) of God, and the Multiplying/Dividing Declaration Conclusion: There’s Something About the Declaration of Independence (But What Is It?) Index

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Michael Ditmore is Professor of English specializing in early American literature and Great Books at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, where he has also served as Director of American Studies and Dean of the Humanities/Teacher Education Division. He has previously published on William Bradford, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Ashbridge, Jonathan Edwards, Crèvecoeur, and Benjamin Franklin.

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