The citizenship revolution [electronic resource] : politics and the creation of the American union, 1774-1804 / Douglas Bradburn.
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TextSeries: Jeffersonian AmericaPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.Description: xii, 415 pSubject(s): - Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Federal government -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence
- 973.3 22
- E302.1 .B73 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The revolutionary moment: natural rights, the people, and the creation of American citizenship -- State v. nation: Federalism and the problem of nationhood -- The politics of citizenship: expatriation, naturalization, and the rise of party -- "True Americans": the Federalist ideal and the legislation of national citizenship -- States' rights and the rights of man: the opposition to the alien and sedition acts -- "Hordes of foreigners": the immigrant moment and the potential of the hyphenated citizen -- White citizen, Black denizen: the racial ranks of American citizenship -- The Aristotelian moment: ending the American Revolution -- Conclusion: the fall of the union and the rise of nation.
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