Enemyship : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / Jeremy Engels.
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 a...
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Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: | East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010. |
Series: | Rhetoric and public affairs series.
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Table of 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.