{"product_id":"common-sense-thomas-paine-9780674051164","title":"Common Sense","description":"\"In \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e a writer found his moment to change the world,\" \u003cb\u003eAlan Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e writes in his introduction. When \u003cb\u003ePaine\u003c\/b\u003e's attack on the British mixed constitution of kings, lords, and commons was published in January 1776, fighting had already erupted between British troops and American Patriots, but many Patriots still balked at seeking independence. \"By discrediting the sovereign king,\" Taylor argues, \"Paine made independence thinkable--as he relocated sovereignty from a royal family to the collective people of a republic.\" Paine's American readers could conclude that they stood at \"the center of a new and coming world of utopian potential.\" The John Harvard Library edition follows the text of the expanded edition printed by the shop of Benjamin Towne for W. and T. Bradford of Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Paine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674051165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674051164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.56w x 0.30d","brand":"Thomas Paine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47304771043583,"sku":"9780674051164","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ece6bbf0-86a2-4950-a915-6e661e6bf012.jpg?v=1758829119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/common-sense-thomas-paine-9780674051164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}