The citizenship revolution politics and the creation of the American union, 1774-1804 / [electronic resource] :
Douglas Bradburn.
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
- xii, 415 p.
- Jeffersonian America .
- Jeffersonian America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The revolutionary moment: natural rights, the people, and the creation of American citizenship -- State v. nation: Federalism and the problem of nationhood -- The politics of citizenship: expatriation, naturalization, and the rise of party -- "True Americans": the Federalist ideal and the legislation of national citizenship -- States' rights and the rights of man: the opposition to the alien and sedition acts -- "Hordes of foreigners": the immigrant moment and the potential of the hyphenated citizen -- White citizen, Black denizen: the racial ranks of American citizenship -- The Aristotelian moment: ending the American Revolution -- Conclusion: the fall of the union and the rise of nation.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Citizenship--History--United States--18th century. Citizenship--History--United States--19th century. Political culture--History--United States--18th century. Political culture--History--United States--19th century. Constitutional history--United States. Federal government--History--United States--18th century. Federal government--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783. United States--Politics and government--1783-1809. United States--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1775-1783