LEADER 03444nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910811438103321 005 20230126204724.0 010 $a0-19-983169-6 010 $a1-283-04644-X 010 $a9786613046444 010 $a0-19-983040-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078289 035 $a(EBL)679503 035 $a(OCoLC)711774568 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12124030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489885 035 $a(PQKB)10382205 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC679503 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL679503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457981 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304644 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7034235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7034235 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078289 100 $a20100624d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$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 606 $aNational characteristics, American 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSovereignty$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1775-1783 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aSovereignty$xSocial aspects$xHistory 676 $a973.3 700 $aIrvin$b Benjamin H$0887756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811438103321 996 $aClothed in robes of sovereignty$94001056 997 $aUNINA