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Autore |
Engels Jeremy |
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Titolo |
Enemyship : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / / Jeremy Engels |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-148-6 |
1-60917-210-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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