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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781559303321

Autore

Engels Jeremy

Titolo

Enemyship [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / / Jeremy Engels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-62895-148-6

1-60917-210-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Classificazione

15.85

Disciplina

973.3/1

Soggetti

Political culture - United States - History - 18th century

Enemies - Political aspects - United States - History

Democracy - United States - History - 18th century

Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century

Political socialization - United States - History - 18th century

United States Politics and government 1783-1809

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction, the second American Revolution -- How enemyship became common sense -- The dilemmas of American nationalism -- The army of the Constitution -- The contract of blood -- Conclusion, Hobbes's gamble and Franklin's warning.

Sommario/riassunto

The Declaration of Independence is usually celebrated as a radical document that inspired revolution in the English colonies, in France, and elsewhere. In Enemyship, however, Jeremy Engels views the Declaration as a rhetorical strategy that outlined wildly effective arguments justifying revolution against a colonial authority--- and then threatened political stability once independence was finally achieved.      Enemyship examines what happened during the latter years of the Revolutionary War and in the immediate post-Revolutionary period, when the rhetorics and en