File:Declaration of Independence USA.jpg Wikimedia Commons Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks: Book week 27 Celebrating our Independence! Image libre: John Trumbull, dclaration, l'indpendance The Declaration of Independence. Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what views it sets forth, where those views arose, and how they have been accepted or modified by succeeding generations. Published 1960. Binding of book is intact. Moderate darkening and foxing of covers. Small waterstain on back cover. Slight tanning and foxing of edges. Annotations in pencil on inside of front cover. Slight foxing on insides of covers. Very little foxing with some creasing on certain pages.