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Founding Fictions
Overview
An extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845 Founding Fictions develops the concept of a "political fiction," or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned American citizens as either romantic heroes, tragic victims, or ironic partisans. By re-telling the stories that Americans have told themselves about citizenship, Mercieca highlights an important contradiction in American political theory and practice: that national stability and active citizen participation are perceived as fundamentally at odds.
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- ISBN-13: 9780817357344
- ISBN-10: 0817357343
- Publisher: University Alabama Press
- Publish Date: October 2012
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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