Table of Contents: Founding fictions

Main Author:	Mercieca, Jennifer R.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
Series:	Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
Subjects:	Citizenship > History > 18th century. > United States Citizenship > History > 19th century. > United States Political culture > History > 18th century. > United States Political culture > History > 19th century. > United States Political stability > History. > United States Political participation > History. > United States Democracy > History. > United States United States > Politics and government > To 1775. United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10408272

Table of Contents:

"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.