Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty
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Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors

Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors

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After the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, thereby severing political relations with Great Britain, it began to fashion new objects and ceremonies of state with which to proclaim the sovereignty of the infant republic. Congress, for example, created an emblematic great seal, celebrated anniversaries of U.S. independence, and implemented robust diplomatic protocols for the reception of foreign ministers. Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty examines the material artifacts, festivities, and rituals by which Congress endeavored not only to assert its political legitimacy and to bolster the war effort, but ultimately to glorify the United States and to win the allegiance of the American people. Congress, however, could not simply impose its creations upon a quiescent public. In fact, as Benjamin H. Irvin demonstrates, the "people out of doors"--including the working poor who rallied in the streets of Philadelphia as well as women, loyalists, Native Americans and other persons not represented in Congress--vigorously contested the trappings of nationhood into which Congress had enfolded them.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: To "stamp the Character of the People" ; Part I: A "steady, manly, uniform, and persevering opposition" ; Chapter 1: The Republicans' New Clothes ; Chapter 2: The Continental Congress Unmanned ; Part II: The Outcome Is in Doubt ; Chapter 3: "[A]n Impression upon the Mind" ; Chapter 4: The Pride and Pomp of War ; Part III: E Pluribus Unum ; Chapter 5: "The spirits of the whigs must be kept up" ; Chapter 6: "[U]ncommon and Extraordinary Movements" ; Part IV: "The Symbol of supreme Power & Authority" ; Chapter 7: "[T]he most amiable Garbs of publick Virtue" ; Chapter 8: Naked and Unadorned ; Conclusion: "[T]he Sign of the Thirteen Starrs" ; Abbreviations


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199731992
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 164 mm
  • No of Pages: 392
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Weight: 834 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199731993
  • Publisher Date: 12 May 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors
  • Width: 242 mm


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