Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn excellent book... meticulously researched and methodically organized.
* AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *
[A] penetrating study... welcome for its original insights into the Revolution's ideological origins, its ambiguous legacy, and... the centrality of cultural politics to American political culture. Among the best recent studies of republican ideology.
* The Journal of American History *
Original and erudite... an important step in understanding the rise and development of a unique mode of American historical thought as well as its contribution to the formation of social and poltical behavior in America.
* William & Mary Quarterly *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Introduction—Identity, Ideology, and History
PART I—Colonial Precedents
1 Autonomous Communities within an Empire
2 Dissent and the Alternative that Was Lost
PART II—Revolutionary Implications
3 A Revolution in Defense of History
PART III—Early National Consequences
4 Securing Republican Foundations
5 Political Compromises and Cultural Imperatives
Epilogue—Liberal Denouement
Appendix 1—Chronology of American Histories
Appendix 2—Biographical Sketches of the Historians
Notes
Works Cited
Index
