Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. The World in the Declaration of Independence 25
5. 2. The Declaration of Independence in the World 63
6. 3. A World of Declarations 103
7. Conclusion 139
8. Declarations of Independence, 1776–1993 145
9. Thomas Jefferson’s “Original Rough Draft” of the Declaration of Independence 157
10. In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled 165
11. [Jeremy Bentham,] Short Review of the Declaration (1776) 173
12. Manifesto of the Province of Flanders [extracts] (January 4, 1790) 187
13. The Haitian Declaration of Independence (January 1, 1804) 193
14. The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (July 5, 1811) 199
15. Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (October 28, 1835) 209
16. The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas (March 2,1836) 211
17. A Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the People of the Commonwealth of Liberia (July 16, 1847) 217
18. Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation (October 18, 1918) 225
19. Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (September 2, 1945) 231
20. Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948) 237
21. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Southern Rhodesia); (November 11, 1965) 243
22. Notes 249
23. Acknowledgments 287
24. Index 291