LEADER 04407nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910827123703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03680-8 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674036802 035 $a(CKB)2560000000051391 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050686 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233096 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12044188 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233096 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214828 035 $a(PQKB)11610826 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486917 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311965 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486917 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10441889 035 $a(PQKB)11688629 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300694 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328872 035 $a(OCoLC)923116696 035 $a(DE-B1597)574478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674036802 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000051391 100 $a20031230d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading the early republic /$fRobert A. Ferguson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2004. 311 $a0-674-02236-X 311 $a0-674-01338-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[292]-351) and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Earliness of the Early Republic 2. The Dialectic of Liberty 3. The Commonalities of Common Sense 4. Becoming American 5. The Forgotten Publius 6. Finding Rome in America 7. Gabriel's Rebellion 8. Jefferson at Monticello 9. Charity in the City of Brotherly Love 10. The Last Early Republican Text Epilogue Notes Index 330 8 $a'Reading the Early Republics' focuses attention on the forgotten dynamism of thought in the founding era. In every case, the documents, novels, pamphlets, sermons, journals, and slave narratives of the early American nation are richer and more intricate than modern readers have perceived.$bReading the Early Republic focuses attention on the forgotten dynamism of thought in the founding era. In every case, the documents, novels, pamphlets, sermons, journals, and slave narratives of the early American nation are richer and more intricate than modern readers have perceived. Rebellion, slavery, and treason--the mingled stories of the Revolution--still haunt national thought. Robert Ferguson shows that the legacy that made the country remains the idea of what it is still trying to become. He cuts through the pervading nostalgia about national beginnings to recapture the manic-depressive tones of its first expression. He also has much to say about the reconfiguration of charity in American life, the vital role of the classical ideal in projecting an unthinkable continental republic, the first manipulations of the independent American woman, and the troubled integration of civic and commercial understandings in the original claims of prosperity as national virtue. Reading the Early Republic uses the living textual tradition against history to prove its case. The first formative writings are more than sacred artifacts. They remain the touchstones of the durable promise and the problems in republican thought 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century$xHistoriography 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century$vSources 606 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xRhetoric 606 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xStyle 606 $aCriticism, Textual 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xHistoriography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1783-1815$xHistoriography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1783-1815$vSources 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory$xHistoriography. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish language$xRhetoric. 615 0$aEnglish language$xStyle. 615 0$aCriticism, Textual. 676 $a973.3/072 700 $aFerguson$b Robert A.$f1942-$01463078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827123703321 996 $aReading the early republic$93962035 997 $aUNINA