03230nam 2200721 a 450 991082598280332120240416204738.01-62895-148-61-60917-210-8(CKB)2550000000066139(EBL)1672283(SSID)ssj0000566304(PQKBManifestationID)11973696(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566304(PQKBWorkID)10552829(PQKB)11776531(MiAaPQ)EBC3338178(OCoLC)774285414(MdBmJHUP)muse9376(Au-PeEL)EBL3338178(CaPaEBR)ebr10514568(EXLCZ)99255000000006613920100128d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnemyship democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic /Jeremy Engels1st ed.East Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20101 online resource (331 p.)Rhetoric and public affairs seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87013-980-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. 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 enRhetoric and public affairs series.Political cultureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryEnemiesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryDemocracyUnited StatesHistory18th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory18th centuryRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPolitical socializationUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1783-1809United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Social aspectsPolitical cultureHistoryEnemiesPolitical aspectsHistory.DemocracyHistoryNationalismHistoryRhetoricPolitical aspectsHistoryPolitical socializationHistory973.3/115.85bclEngels Jeremy1614156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825982803321Enemyship3983861UNINA