02585nam a2200481 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151020002700187020002400214040002100238035002100259043001200280050002400292082001400316100002600330245007000356260005500426300001500481490004300496504005100539505059200590533015201182650005501334650005501389650006101444650006101505650004901566650005301615650003901668651005301707651005501760651005501815655002901870710001701899830004401916856012601960999001702086ebr10408272CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090805s2010    alu     sb   s001 0 eng    z  2009032189  z9780817316907 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0817316906 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780817383558 (e-book)  z0817383557 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)748362574  an-us---14aE302.1b.M47 2010eb04a973.22221 aMercieca, Jennifer R.10aFounding fictionsh[electronic resource] /cJennifer R. Mercieca.  aTuscaloosa :bUniversity of Alabama Press,cc2010.  axi, 274 p.1 aRhetoric, culture, and social critique  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a"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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aCitizenshipzUnited StatesxHistoryy18th century. 0aCitizenshipzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aPolitical culturezUnited StatesxHistoryy18th century. 0aPolitical culturezUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aPolitical stabilityzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aPolitical participationzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aDemocracyzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmentyTo 1775. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1775-1783. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1783-1865. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aRhetoric, culture, and social critique.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10408272zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c79256d79256