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25 novembre 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.psorbonne.49978
- isbn: 9782859441760
- eisbn: 9791035103965
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Révolution américaine Révolution française bicentenaire regard croisé histoire nationale républicanisme souverainté populaire History HIS037070 HBLWSujets proches
Human males Chartism--Great BritainCiter ce document
Horst Rössler, « British Chartism, American republican institutions and constitutions », Publications de la Sorbonne, ID : 10.4000/books.psorbonne.49978
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"The constitution of the American States may be regarded as a philosophical experiment on a grand scale, in order to ascertain the possibility of mankind governing themselves… The experiment has been successful… Let our working men follow the train – let them imitate the example of the wise, the good, and the great men who laid the foundation of the American Republic". Such was in 1840 the opinion of an anonymous writer in the Chartist Circular, the central organ of Scottish Chartism, in an a...