Benjamin H Irvin

Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty

The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors

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Produktbeschreibung

Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty examines popular responses to the Continental Congress and to the objects and ceremonies-seals, medals, and swords, for example, as well as fast days and Fourths of July-by which Congress endeavored to promote the Revolutionary War and to celebrate the newly sovereign United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780199731992
• ISBN-10: 0199731993
• Artikelnr.: 32730567

Autorenporträt

Benjamin H. Irvin is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arizona and author of Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: To "stamp the Character of the People"
Part I: A "steady, manly, uniform, and persevering opposition"
Chapter 1: The Republicans' New Clothes
Chapter 2: The Continental Congress Unmanned
Part II: The Outcome Is in Doubt
Chapter 3: "[A]n Impression upon the Mind"
Chapter 4: The Pride and Pomp of War
Part III: E Pluribus Unum
Chapter 5: "The spirits of the whigs must be kept up"
Chapter 6: "[U]ncommon and Extraordinary Movements"
Part IV: "The Symbol of supreme Power and Authority"
Chapter 7: "[T]he most amiable Garbs of publick Virtue"
Chapter 8: Naked and Unadorned
Conclusion: "[T]he Sign of the Thirteen Starrs"
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