{"product_id":"stories-of-independence-identity-ideology-and-history-in-eighteenth-century-america-hardback-9780875803500","title":"Stories of Independence; Identity, Ideology, and History in Eighteenth-Century America (Hardback) 9780875803500","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStories of Independence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIdentity, Ideology, and History in Eighteenth-Century America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Messer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875803500\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excellent book... meticulously researched and methodically organized.\u003c\/p\u003e (AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW) \u003cp\u003e[A] penetrating study... welcome for its original insights into the Revolution's ideological origins, its ambiguous legacy, and... the centrality of cultural politics to American political culture. Among the best recent studies of republican ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Journal of American History) \u003cp\u003eOriginal and erudite... an important step in understanding the rise and development of a unique mode of American historical thought as well as its contribution to the formation of social and poltical behavior in America.\u003c\/p\u003e (William \u0026amp; Mary Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter C. Messer demonstrates that a strong sense of a shared past transformed British subjects into American citizens. He traces the emergence of distinctively American attitudes about society, politics, and government through the written history of the American experience. \u003ci\u003eStories of Independence\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the way early Americans wrote about their own history—from colonial times, to the heady days of the Revolution, to the uneasy decades following independence—helped shape the future of this young nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferences between American colonists and the British government became increasingly contentious over the course of the eighteenth century as distinctive American identities emerged among the colonists. Grounded in common values and the shared experiences of creating communities in a new world, these identities would eventually liberate Americans to declare their independence and experiment with new forms of government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the colonial period, provincial historians celebrated the autonomous origins and local institutions of their communities as a way of arguing for greater independence from Great Britain. Imperial historians, on the other hand, stressed allegiance to the mother country and the English institutions that continued to sustain them. When relations with Britain reached a crisis, these visions of provincial pride and imperial loyalty came into open and irreconcilable conflict. The resulting debate produced not only a declaration of independence but a new political order grounded on the provincial vision of the origins and progress of America. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the political turmoil of the 1780s and 1790s threatened to fragment the new republic, historians turned to the provincial vision of history to fashion a past for their nation from which they could create a unifying national identity. Their stories of the drive for independence and the founding of the United States helped both cement and limit the innovations in political thought produced by their provincial and revolutionary predecessors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction—Identity, Ideology, and History\u003cbr\u003e PART I—Colonial Precedents\u003cbr\u003e 1 Autonomous Communities within an Empire\u003cbr\u003e 2 Dissent and the Alternative that Was Lost\u003cbr\u003e PART II—Revolutionary Implications\u003cbr\u003e 3 A Revolution in Defense of History\u003cbr\u003e PART III—Early National Consequences\u003cbr\u003e 4 Securing Republican Foundations\u003cbr\u003e 5 Political Compromises and Cultural Imperatives\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue—Liberal Denouement\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1—Chronology of American Histories\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2—Biographical Sketches of the Historians\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584752677144,"sku":"9780875803500","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/stories-of-independence-identity-ideology-and-history-in-eighteenth-century-america-hardback-9780875803500","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}