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This Violent Empire : The Birth of an American National Identity.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press SeriesPublisher: Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (509 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9798890885180
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: This Violent EmpireDDC classification:
  • 973.2/5
LOC classification:
  • E164 -- .S658 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- INTRODUCTION: "What Then Is the American, This New Man? -- SECTION ONE: THE NEW AMERICAN-AS-REPUBLICAN CITIZEN -- Prologue One: The Drums of War/The Thrust of Empire -- CHAPTER ONE: Fusions and Confusions -- CHAPTER TWO: Rebellious Dandies and Political Fictions -- CHAPTER THREE: American Minervas -- SECTION TWO: DANGEROUS DOUBLES -- Prologue Two: Masculinity and Masquerade -- CHAPTER FOUR: Seeing Red -- CHAPTER FIVE: Subject Female: Authorizing an American Identity -- SECTION THREE: THE NEW AMERICAN-AS-BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN -- Prologue Three: The Ball -- CHAPTER SIX: Choreographing Class/Performing Gentility -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Polished Gentlemen, Troublesome Women, and Dancing Slaves -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Black Gothic -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- INTRODUCTION: "What Then Is the American, This New Man? -- SECTION ONE: THE NEW AMERICAN-AS-REPUBLICAN CITIZEN -- Prologue One: The Drums of War/The Thrust of Empire -- CHAPTER ONE: Fusions and Confusions -- CHAPTER TWO: Rebellious Dandies and Political Fictions -- CHAPTER THREE: American Minervas -- SECTION TWO: DANGEROUS DOUBLES -- Prologue Two: Masculinity and Masquerade -- CHAPTER FOUR: Seeing Red -- CHAPTER FIVE: Subject Female: Authorizing an American Identity -- SECTION THREE: THE NEW AMERICAN-AS-BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN -- Prologue Three: The Ball -- CHAPTER SIX: Choreographing Class/Performing Gentility -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Polished Gentlemen, Troublesome Women, and Dancing Slaves -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Black Gothic -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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