03441nam 2200673Ia 450 991081143810332120240514005946.00-19-983169-61-283-04644-X97866130464440-19-983040-1(CKB)2670000000078289(EBL)679503(OCoLC)711774568(SSID)ssj0000467752(PQKBManifestationID)12124030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467752(PQKBWorkID)10489885(PQKB)10382205(MiAaPQ)EBC679503(Au-PeEL)EBL679503(CaPaEBR)ebr10457981(CaONFJC)MIL304644(MiAaPQ)EBC7034235(Au-PeEL)EBL7034235(EXLCZ)99267000000007828920100624d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClothed in robes of sovereignty the Continental Congress and the people out of doors /Benjamin H. Irvin1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (393 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-973199-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: To "Stamp the Character of the People"; Part I: A "STEADY, MANLY, UNIFORM, AND PERSEVERING OPPOSITION"; 1 The Republicans' New Clothes; 2 The Continental Congress Unmanned; Part II: THE OUTCOME IS IN DOUBT; 3 "[A]n Impression upon the Mind"; 4 The Pride and Pomp of War; Part III: E PLURIBUS UNUM; 5 "The spirits of the whigs must be kept up"; 6 "[U]ncommon and Extraordinary Movements"; Part IV: "THE SYMBOL OF SUPREME POWER & AUTHORITY"; 7 "[T]he most amiable Garbs of publick Virtue"; 8 Naked and UnadornedConclusion: "[T]he Sign of the Thirteen Starrs"ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YIn 1776, when the Continental Congress declared independence, formally severing relations with Great Britain, it immediately began to fashion new objects and ceremonies of state with which to proclaim the sovereignty of the infant republic. In this marvelous social and cultural history of the Continental Congress, Benjamin H. Irvin describes this struggle to create a national identity during the American Revolution. The book examines the material artifacts, rituals, and festivities by which Congress endeavored not only to assert its political legitimacy and to bolster the war effort, but ultimNational characteristics, AmericanPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory18th centurySovereigntySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Social aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783National characteristics, American.Political cultureHistorySovereigntySocial aspectsHistory973.3Irvin Benjamin H887756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811438103321Clothed in robes of sovereignty4001056UNINA