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Book SynopsisA history of American federalism that argues that nation-building cannot be understood apart from the process of industrialization and the making of the working class in the late-eighteenth-century United States.
Trade Review"An astute analysis... Rigal has written an important book that raises important questions. This alone makes it essential reading for those interested in deepening our understanding of early national culture."--Ronald Schultz, American Historical Review "A meticulous, sophisticated, and varied tableau."--Andrew M. Schocket, Journal of the Early Republic "A fascinating and complex mix of provocative readings of the early nation's cultural productions."--Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, William and Mary Quarterly "Rigal has written an innovative and highly suggestive book... [Her] analyses are immensely interesting and largely persuasive."--Stephen P. Rice, Reviews in American History
Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION The Extended Republic in the Age of Manufactures PART I: FEDERAL MECHANICS CHAPTER ONE Raising the Roof: Authors, Architects, and Artisans in the Grand Federal Procession of CHAPTER TWO The Mechanic as the Author of His Life: John Fitch's "Life" and "Steamboat History" PART II: THE MAMMOTH STATE CHAPTER THREE Peale's Mammoth CHAPTER FOUR The American Lounger: Figures of Failure and Fatigue in the Port Folio, PART III: THE STRONG BOX CHAPTER FIVE Feathered Federalism: Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology, CHAPTER SIX Picture-Nation: Pat Lyon at the Forge, NOTES INDEX
