The Declaration of Independence - America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture

This A-to-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence by explaining its contents and concepts, profiling the Founding Fathers, and detailing depictions of the Declaration in art, music, and literature. A comprehensive resource for understanding all aspects of the Declaration of Independence, which marked the formal beginning of the colonies'' march toward the creation of the United States of America, this encyclopedia contains more than 200 entries examining various facets of the Declaration of Independence and its enduring impact on American law, politics, and culture. It details key concepts, principles, and intellectual influences that informed the creation of the document, reviews charges leveled in the Declaration against the British crown, summarizes the events of the first and second Continental Congresses, profiles influential architects and signers of the Declaration, discusses existing copies of the Declaration, explains the document''s influence on other governments/nations, covers historic sites related to the document, and discusses depictions of the document and its architects in American art, music, and literature over time.>

Product details

• Authors: John R Vile, John R. Vile, Vile John R.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9798765135235
• ISBN: 9798765135235
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 256 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, North America, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, The Americas, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period)