Enemyship [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / / Jeremy Engels
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Engels Jeremy
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| Titolo: |
Enemyship [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / / Jeremy Engels
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.3/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political culture - United States - History - 18th century |
| Enemies - Political aspects - United States - History | |
| Democracy - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Political socialization - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1783-1809 |
| United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 en |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Enemyship |
| ISBN: | 1-62895-148-6 |
| 1-60917-210-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457376403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rhetoric and public affairs series.