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Author Mercieca, Jennifer R.

Title Founding fictions [electronic resource] / Jennifer R. Mercieca.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

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Description xi, 274 p.
Series Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "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 -- "The American 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 of popularity, to see which way the gale is blowing" : citizens as ironic partisans, 1816-1845.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political stability -- United States -- History.
Political participation -- United States -- History.
Democracy -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780817316907 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817316906 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817383558 (electronic bk.)
0817383557 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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