{"product_id":"american-scripture-making-the-declaration-of-independence-9780679779087","title":"American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence","description":"Drawing upon dozens of other \"declarations of independence\" written to protest the repression of the colonies by King George III, as well as carefully analyzing the drafts of the Declaration signed on July 4, 1776, Maier reveals the extent to which Jefferson's words and ideas were indebted to popular political beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePauline Maier was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received her B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1960, was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics in 1960-61, and took her Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1968. She has taught at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts (Boston), University of Wisconsin, Yale University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she has been William R. Kenan, Junior, Professor of American History since 1990. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eFrom Resistance to Revolution, The Old Revolutionaries\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe American People: A History\u003c\/b\u003e, a single-authored text for junior high school, as well as numerous other articles and reviews.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327036690706,"sku":"9780679779087","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7dbbba02-409f-4a22-9db0-1e651b0b0f61.jpg?v=1727708691","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-scripture-making-the-declaration-of-independence-9780679779087","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}