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 the material artifacts, festivities, and rituals by which Congress endeavored not only to assert its political legitimacy and to bolster the war effort, but ultimately to glorify the United States and to win the allegiance of the American people. But fact, as Benjamin H. Irvin demonstrates, the "people out of doors"--including the working poor, women, loyalists,

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9780199314591
• ISBN-10: 0199314594
• Artikelnr.: 40137758

Autorenporträt

Benjamin H. Irvin is Associate 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"
1. The Republicans' New Clothes
2.The Continental Congress Unmanned
Part II: The Outcome Is in Doubt
3. "[A]n Impression upon the Mind"
4. "The Pride and Pomp of War"
Part III: E Pluribus Unum
5. "The spirits of the whigs must be kept up"
6. "[U]ncommon and Extraordinary Movements"
Part IV: "The Symbol of supreme Power and Authority"
7. "[T]he most amiable Garbs of publick Virtue"
8. Naked and Unadorned
Conclusion: "[T]he Sign of the Thirteen Starrs"
Abbreviations
Notes
Index