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The citizenship revolution politics and the creation of the American union, 1774-1804 /

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Main Author: Bradburn, Douglas, 1972-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Series:Jeffersonian America.
Subjects:
Citizenship > United States > History > 18th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Constitutional history > United States.
Federal government > United States > History > 18th century.
Federal government > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Influence.
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Table of Contents:
  • The revolutionary moment: natural rights, the people, and the creation of American citizenship
  • State v. nation: Federalism and the problem of nationhood
  • The politics of citizenship: expatriation, naturalization, and the rise of party
  • "True Americans": the Federalist ideal and the legislation of national citizenship
  • States' rights and the rights of man: the opposition to the alien and sedition acts
  • "Hordes of foreigners": the immigrant moment and the potential of the hyphenated citizen
  • White citizen, Black denizen: the racial ranks of American citizenship
  • The Aristotelian moment: ending the American Revolution
  • Conclusion: the fall of the union and the rise of nation.

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