Culture and Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Critique of Self-Evident Liberty; 2. British Legacies; I. Privilege at the Heart of Freedom; II. The Marriage of Rights and Inequality; 3. The Transmission of Restricted Liberty to Colonial America; I. Reproducing the Old World Order in the Provinces; II. Fear of Levelling and Licentiousness; III. Property and the Cult of Liberty; 4. The Revolution; I.A Radical Script for a Preservationist Struggle; II. The Universalization of the Language of Freedom; III. Delegitimizing Pedigreed Advantage; IV. Inventing Patriotic Traditions.
- V. Constituting the PeopleVI. Equality as the Future of America; 5. The Sway of Symbolic Power; I. Captains of the Ship of Progress; II. The Meaning of Representation; III. Claims of Liberty Claim Their Authors; 6. Usurpers and Dupes: The Backlash; I. Revolutionary Vocabulary against Revolutionary Government; II. Party Struggles and the Expansion of Liberty; III. The Ruling Class: A Crisis of Identity; IV. The Useful Mob; V.A People's Aristocracy; Conclusion: Liberty and the Web of Culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.