• Preface to Updated Edition ; Introduction ; 1. The Making of a Radical ; 2. Paine's Philadelphia ; 3. Common Sense and Paine's Republicanism ; 4. Paine, the Philadelphia Radicals, and the Political Revolution of 1776 ; 5. Price Controls and Laissez-Faire: Paine and the Moral Economy of the American Crowd ; 6. Paine and the New Nation ; 7. Epilogue: England, France, and America ; Notes ; Acknowledgments ; Index

"Foner provides a striking picture of the strength and limitations of the radicalism that helped to form the United States."-The New Republic "One of the most important studies ever published on Paine...[with] superb analyses of the artisanal world in which Paine moved in Philadelphia, Paine's crucial role in the movement for American independence, and his subsequent career as 'an artisan of words' in the political and military affairs of the new nation."-English Historical Review "Foner breathes life into the Philadelphia of the 1770s, using the tools of a social and economic historian...[His] clear, informative book takes an important step in cementing Paine's place as a crucial American and international thinker."-The Christian Science Monitor

• Preface to Updated Edition ; Introduction ; 1. The Making of a Radical ; 2. Paine's Philadelphia ; 3. Common Sense and Paine's Republicanism ; 4. Paine, the Philadelphia Radicals, and the Political Revolution of 1776 ; 5. Price Controls and Laissez-Faire: Paine and the Moral Economy of the American Crowd ; 6. Paine and the New Nation ; 7. Epilogue: England, France, and America ; Notes ; Acknowledgments ; Index

"Foner provides a striking picture of the strength and limitations of the radicalism that helped to form the United States."-The New Republic "One of the most important studies ever published on Paine...[with] superb analyses of the artisanal world in which Paine moved in Philadelphia, Paine's crucial role in the movement for American independence, and his subsequent career as 'an artisan of words' in the political and military affairs of the new nation."-English Historical Review "Foner breathes life into the Philadelphia of the 1770s, using the tools of a social and economic historian...[His] clear, informative book takes an important step in cementing Paine's place as a crucial American and international thinker."-The Christian Science Monitor

• Preface to Updated Edition ; Introduction ; 1. The Making of a Radical ; 2. Paine's Philadelphia ; 3. Common Sense and Paine's Republicanism ; 4. Paine, the Philadelphia Radicals, and the Political Revolution of 1776 ; 5. Price Controls and Laissez-Faire: Paine and the Moral Economy of the American Crowd ; 6. Paine and the New Nation ; 7. Epilogue: England, France, and America ; Notes ; Acknowledgments ; Index

"Foner provides a striking picture of the strength and limitations of the radicalism that helped to form the United States."-The New Republic "One of the most important studies ever published on Paine...[with] superb analyses of the artisanal world in which Paine moved in Philadelphia, Paine's crucial role in the movement for American independence, and his subsequent career as 'an artisan of words' in the political and military affairs of the new nation."-English Historical Review "Foner breathes life into the Philadelphia of the 1770s, using the tools of a social and economic historian...[His] clear, informative book takes an important step in cementing Paine's place as a crucial American and international thinker."-The Christian Science Monitor