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The citizenship revolution : politics and the creation of the American union, 1774-1804 / Douglas Bradburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradburn, Douglas, 1972-
- Series:
- Jeffersonian America.
- Jeffersonian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--United States--History--18th century.
- Citizenship.
- Citizenship--United States--History--19th century.
- Political culture--United States--History--18th century.
- Political culture.
- Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Federal government--United States--History--18th century.
- Federal government.
- Federal government--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (431 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- So ended the first great phase of the American citizenship revolution: a continuing struggle to reconcile the promise of revolutionary equality with the pressing and sometimes competing demands of law, order, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49009-8
- 9786613585325
- 0-8139-3031-6
- OCLC:
- 759159941
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