Tom Paine's America: The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Radicalism in the Early Republic

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TOM PAINE’S AMERICA Jeffersonian America Jan Ellen Lewis, Peter S. Onuf, and Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Editors TOM PAINE’S AMERICA THE RISE AND FALL OF TRANSATLANTIC R A D I C A L I S M I N T H E E A R LY R E P U B L I C Seth Cotlar u n i v e r s i t y o f v i r g i n i a p r e s s Charlottesville and London University of Virginia Press© 2011 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2011 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cotlar, Seth. Tom Paine’s America : the rise and fall of Transatlantic radicalism in the early republic / Seth Cotlar. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8139-3100-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8139-3106-7 (e-book) 1. United States—Politics and government—1783–1809. 2. Radicalism—United States— History—18th century. 3. Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809. I. Title. jk171.c68 2011 320.51092—dc22 2010027336 To my family This page intentionally left blank ...