Enemyship: Democracy and Counter-Revolution in the Early Republic

by Jeremy Engels

The Declaration of Independence is usually celebrated as a radical document that inspired revolution in the English colonies, in France, and elsewhere. In Enemyship, however, Jeremy Engels views the Declaration as a rhetorical strategy that outlined wildly effective arguments justifying revolution against a colonial authority--and then threatened political stability once independence was finally achieved.
Enemyship examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870139800
• ISBN13: 9780870139802
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"