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200 10$aClothed in robes of sovereignty$b[electronic resource] $ethe Continental Congress and the people out of doors /$fBenjamin H. Irvin
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (393 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-973199-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCOVER; 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 Unadorned
327   $aConclusion: "[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; Y
330   $aIn 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 ultim
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607   $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSocial aspects
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