Founding fictions [electronic resource] / Jennifer R. Mercieca.
By: Mercieca, Jennifer R.
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BookSeries: Rhetoric, culture, and social critique: Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010Description: xi, 274 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 -- 1783-1865Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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.
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