The Rights of Man

by Thomas Paine

Overview

One of Paine's greatest and most widely read works, considered a classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism, defends the early events of the French Revolution, supports social security for workers, public employment for those in need of work, abolition of laws limiting wages, and other social reforms.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161243596
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/11/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	502 KB

About the Author

Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. As the author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, he inspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights. He has been called "a corset maker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination".