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Author Engels, Jeremy

Title Enemyship : democracy and counter-revolution in the early republic / Jeremy Engels
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 316 pages)
Series Rhetoric and public affairs series
Rhetoric and public affairs series.
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
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 energies of revolution began to seem problematic to many wealthy and powerful Americans. To mitigate this threat, says Engles, the founders of the United States deployed the rhetorics of what he calls 'enemyship, ' calling upon Americans to unite in opposition to their shared national enemies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Enemies -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
Democracy -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Political socialization -- United States -- History -- 18th century
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
Social aspects
Democracy
Nationalism
Political culture
Politics and government
Political socialization
Rhetoric -- Political aspects
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140415
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010003508
ISBN 9781609172107
1609172108
9781628961485
1628961481