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Revolution, Rights & Empire
Democratic revolution, the rights of man, civil disobedience, and the case against empire.
1516–1905 · 9 books
Utopia
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1516
Utopia
EssaysThe Social Contract
Rousseau
1762
The Social Contract
EssaysCommon Sense
Paine
1776
Common Sense
PamphletRights of Man
Paine
1791
Rights of Man
PamphletThe Age of Reason
Paine
1794
The Age of Reason
PamphletOn the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Thoreau
1849
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
EssaysWalden
Thoreau
1854
Walden
MemoirThe Casement Report
Casement
1904
The Casement Report
CommentaryKing Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
Twain
1905
King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
Pamphlet