Founding fictions [electronic resource] / Jennifer R. Mercieca.
Material type: TextSeries: Rhetoric, culture, and social critiquePublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.Description: xi, 274 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
- Political stability -- United States -- History
- Political participation -- United States -- History
- Democracy -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
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- E302.1 .M47 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Republicanism was an indefinite term" : political fictions as critical tools for citizenship -- "The Revolution was in the minds of the people" : citizens as romantic heroes, 1764-1776 -- "The American Constitution is that little article of HOPE, left at the bottom of Pandora's box of evils" : citizens as tragic victims, 1783-1789 -- "Who would not have been willing to have died such a death?" : citizens as reified patriot heroes, July 4, 1826 -- "I will not look up to the weather-cock of popularity, to see which way the gale is blowing" : citizens as ironic partisans, 1816-1845.
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