Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Author: |
MerciecaJennifer R, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Tuscaloosa |
Published: |
University of Alabama Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 274 p.). |
Series: |
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique |
Subject: |
Democracy - History - United States - |
Subject: |
Political participation - History - United States - |
Subject: |
Political stability - History - United States - |
Subject: |
Political culture - History - United States - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Political culture - History - United States - 18th century - |
Subject: |
Citizenship - History - United States - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Citizenship - History - United States - 18th century - |
Subject: |
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865 - |
Subject: |
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - |
Subject: |
United States - Politics and government - To 1775 - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780817383558/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9780817383558electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
0817383557electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780817316907hbk. |
ISBN: |
0817316906hbk. |
Content Note: |
"Republicanism was an indefinite term" : political fictions as critical tools for citizenship-- "The Revolution was in the minds of the people" : citizens as romantic heroes, 1764-1776 -- "TheAmerican Constitution is that little article of HOPE, left at the bottom of Pandora's box of evils": citizens as tragic victims, 1783-1789 -- "Who would not have been willing to have died such a death?" : citizens as reified patriot heroes, July 4, 1826 -- "I will not look up to the weather-cock ofpopularity, to see which way the gale is blowing" : citizens as ironicpartisans, 1816-1845 |