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Founding fictions
Mercieca, Jennifer R. 
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN10: 0817383557 ISBN13: 9780817383558 DDC: 973.2 LCC: E302.1 Edition: (e-book)

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Includes bibliographical references and index. "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.

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