Съдържание: Founding fictions

Електронен

Основен автор:	Mercieca, Jennifer R.
Автор-организации:	ebrary, Inc.
Формат:	Електронен
Език:	English
Публикувано:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
Серия:	Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Предмети:	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. Electronic books.
Онлайн достъп:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Съдържание:

"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.