Enemyship : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / Jeremy Engels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engels, Jeremy.

Series:

Rhetoric and public affairs series.

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--United States--History--18th century.

Political culture.

Enemies--Political aspects--United States--History.

Enemies.

Democracy--United States--History--18th century.

Democracy.

Nationalism--United States--History--18th century.

Nationalism.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--18th century.

Rhetoric.

Political socialization--United States--History--18th century.

Political socialization.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-148-6

1-60917-210-8

OCLC:

774285414