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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Early American Republic"”.
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Moral Panic and Political Rhetoric in the Early American Republic
… reporting and editorializing in several major American newspapers during the height of the Citizen Genêt Affair in July and August, 1793. A hybrid form of sociological moral panic theory, focused predominantly on the "iteration" of moral panics and the language used to communicate them, is used …
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Jefferson's Baptists: Evangelical Partisanship in the Early American Republic, 1800-1830
… but also Thomas Jefferson’s unique brand of Republican politics. This dissertation explores how Baptists in the trans-Appalachian West synthesized their evangelical convictions with their own vision of Jeffersonian Republicanism between the years 1800 and 1830. This synthesis impacted …
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Unbound by Law: Association and Autonomy in the Early American Republic
… a defining characteristic of post-Revolutionary American culture, Americans who organized and joined such groups had struggled for decades to determine what membership ought to look like, what rights and duties the act of joining should entail. By the time Alexis de Tocqueville famously noted in …
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The Politics of Material Culture in the Early American Republic, c. 1800-15
… material culture to create a distinguishable “American” national identity in the early republic. Although some historians have argued that this process of “Americanization” was completed during the American Revolution or in its immediate aftermath, Americans still grappled with competing …
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Notes from the Ground: Science and Agricultural Improvement in the Early American Republic
… of systematic studies of the land in the early American Republic, from the 1790s to the 1840s; more specifically, it explores the role scientific and technical practices played within that era's improvement ethic. I argue that science, as seen through the lens of agricultural chemistry …
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"Suitable for all parts": the transformation of menswear in the early American Republic, 1780-1830
… and the Jacksonian upheaval of the 1830s, American society transformed. This transformation was visible in the way Americans dressed. The evolution of elite dress is well known. Less appreciated is the role of dress in shaping the political and cultural identities of those adjacent to the …
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Determined to Be American: Regulating Immigration and Citizenship in the Early American Republic, 1783–1815
<p><em>Determined to be American: Regulating Migration and Citizenship in the Early American Republic, 1783–1815</em> argues that international and domestic circumstances led to fierce debates about migration regulations that partitioned the populace of the early Republic into parties which battled …
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A physiological definition of style: science, religion, and women���s writings in the early American republic
"The world of the early American Republic was surprisingly inter-connected: ideas, people, and text traveled in the name of Christianity. This curious combination of rhetoric and science in the service of God during the early American Republic is the heart of my dissertation project. My …
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A Conspiratorial Republic: The Societal and Political Impact of Conspiratorial Knowledge in the Early Nineteenth-Century United States
<p>This thesis argues that the American conspiratorial worldview identified by Bernard Bailyn during the American Revolution persisted well into the early American republic period, having a significant impact on early republic society. Drawing on Michael Butter’s study of conspiracy theories, this …
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Human Capital: The Moral and Political Economy of Northeastern Abolitionism, 1763–1833
… Tracing the sweep of history from the British-American imperial crisis through the American Revolution, and into the Early American Republic, “Human Capital” argues that northeasterners like Rhode Island textile capitalist and abolitionist Moses Brown, radical democrats like Thomas Paine, and …
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A Stage for Gentility and the Performance of the Republican Gentleman: Taverns in Richmond, Virginia from 1780 to 1820
… creation of a new masculine identity during the early American republic: the Republican Gentleman. In particular, I utilize taverns in Richmond, Virginia from 1780 to 1820, in which to understand the significance of gentility. This thesis analyzes how Richmond taverns represented the growth of …
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CAPTIVATING A NATION: WOMEN'S INDIAN CAPTIVITY AND AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY, 1787-1830
… of Indian captivity had long interested Anglo-American readers. Throughout the early republic, the genre of women's Indian captivity narratives took on another significance. "Captivating a Nation" places the scholarship of Indian captivity in conversation with American nationalism and reveals …
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The Changing Nature of Punishment: From Theology to Reform Ideology and Gallows to Penitentiaries, New England, 1674-1837
Criminal justice reforms of the early American Republic stand as an often examined area of research, but one source of explaining these changes is often neglected. By analyzing New England execution sermons preached from 1674 to 1825 several theological and ideological changes can be demonstrated …
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The Classics and the Broader Public in Philadelphia, 1783-1788: Avenues for Engagement
In early Philadelphia, 1783-1788, the classics formed a pervasive presence on the city's cultural, political, and physical landscape. As the American nation commenced its republican experiment, references to the classics in Philadelphia especially emerged as a vehicle and vocabulary employed by …
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Opportunities of Empire: Three Barbary captives and American nation-building, 1770-1840
… biography of three uncommon commoners in the early American republic: Richard O’Brien (1758–1824), James Cathcart (1767–1843) and James Riley (1777-1840). As a biographical microhistory, this study explores how these three ordinary citizens engaged in self-making on the maritime and western …
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Opportunities of Empire: Three Barbary captives and American nation-building, 1770-1840
… biography of three uncommon commoners in the early American republic: Richard O’Brien (1758–1824), James Cathcart (1767–1843) and James Riley (1777-1840). As a biographical microhistory, this study explores how these three ordinary citizens engaged in self-making on the maritime and western …