Mercieca, Jennifer R.
Founding fictions [electronic resource] / Jennifer R. Mercieca. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010. - xi, 274 p. ; 24 cm. - Rhetoric, culture, and social critique . - Rhetoric, culture, and social critique. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Citizenship--History--United States--18th century.
Citizenship--History--United States--19th century.
Political culture--History--United States--18th century.
Political culture--History--United States--19th century.
Political stability--History.--United States
Political participation--History.--United States
Democracy--History.--United States
United States--Politics and government--To 1775.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Electronic books.
E302.1 / .M47 2010eb
973.2
Founding fictions [electronic resource] / Jennifer R. Mercieca. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010. - xi, 274 p. ; 24 cm. - Rhetoric, culture, and social critique . - Rhetoric, culture, and social critique. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Citizenship--History--United States--18th century.
Citizenship--History--United States--19th century.
Political culture--History--United States--18th century.
Political culture--History--United States--19th century.
Political stability--History.--United States
Political participation--History.--United States
Democracy--History.--United States
United States--Politics and government--To 1775.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Electronic books.
E302.1 / .M47 2010eb
973.2