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Author:

Shalev, Eran, 1970-

Title:

Rome reborn on western shores : historical imagination and the creation of the American republic / Eran Shalev.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Political science--United States--History--18th century.
Political culture--United States--History--18th century.
United States--Literature and the revolution.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Literature and the revolution.
Civilization, Classical--History--United States--History--18th century.
Classical literature--History--United States--History--18th century.
United States--Classical influences.--Classical influences.
Geschichte 1775-1883
Antike
Rezeption
USA
Politieke cultuur
Klassieke oudheid
Historisch besef
Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog
Verenigde Staten

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A revolutionary language: history and the classics in the age of revolution -- Britannia corrupt: the British empire in the revolutionary classical imagination -- "Judge the future by the past": the varieties of historical consciousness in revolutionary America -- Taking the toga: American patriots performing antiquity -- Cato americanus: classical pseudonyms and the ratification of the federal constitution -- "The pen of the historian, or the imagination of the poet": the revolution's history classicized -- Epilogue: from republic to empire: beyond 1776.

Series:

Jeffersonian America

ISBN:

0813928397 (e-book)
9780813928395 (e-book)
0813928338 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813928333 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316512906

LCCN:

2009007720

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)