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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781607003321

Autore

Bradburn Douglas <1972->

Titolo

The citizenship revolution [[electronic resource] ] : politics and the creation of the American union, 1774-1804 / / Douglas Bradburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009

ISBN

1-280-49009-8

9786613585325

0-8139-3031-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Jeffersonian America

Disciplina

973.3

Soggetti

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

Constitutional history - United States

Federal government - United States - History - 18th century

Federal government - United States - History - 19th century

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

United States Politics and government 1783-1809

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The revolutionary moment: natural rights, the people, and the creation of American citizenship -- State v. nation: Federalism and the problem of nationhood -- The politics of citizenship: expatriation, naturalization, and the rise of party -- "True Americans": the Federalist ideal and the legislation of national citizenship -- States' rights and the rights of man: the opposition to the alien and sedition acts -- "Hordes of foreigners": the immigrant moment and the potential of the hyphenated citizen -- White citizen, Black denizen: the racial ranks of American citizenship -- The Aristotelian moment: ending the American Revolution -- Conclusion: the fall of the union and the rise of nation.