The making of a radical -- Paine's Philadelphia -- Common sense and Paine's republicanism -- Paine, the Philadelphia radicals, and the political revolution of 1776 -- Price controls and laissez-faire : Paine and the moral economy of the American crowd -- Paine and the new nation -- Epilogue : England, France, and America.
Summary
A critical biography of the Revolutionary pamphleteer, exploring the origins, expression, and impact of his ideas and the place of his radical ideology in the eighteenth-century world.
