Now an established classic, Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism was the 1st book to explore this alternative current of American political thought. Stemming back to the 17th-century English Revolution, many questioned private property, the sovereignty of the nation-state & slavery, affirming the common man's ability to govern. By the time of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine was the great exemplar of the alternative intellectual tradition. In the 19th century, the antislavery movement took hold of Paine's ideas & fashioned them into an ideology that ultimately justified civil war. Preface Introduction: The Right of Revolution Truths self-evident Certain inalienable rights The Earth belongs to the living Cast your whole vote My country is the world Conclusion: Bicameralism from Below Index