{"product_id":"enemyship-jeremy-engels-9780870139802","title":"Enemyship: Democracy and Counter-Revolution in the Early Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Declaration of Independence is usually celebrated as a radical document that inspired revolution in the English colonies, in France, and elsewhere. In \u003ci\u003eEnemyship\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e Enemyship\u003c\/i\u003e examines what happened during the latter years of the Revolutionary War and in the immediate post-Revolutionary period, when the rhetorics and energies of revolution began to seem problematic to many wealthy and powerful Americans.\u003cbr\u003e To mitigate this threat, says Engles, the founders of the United States deployed the rhetorics of what he calls \"enemyship,\" calling upon Americans to unite in opposition to their shared national enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Engels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870139800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870139802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 52","brand":"Jeremy Engels","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447804735743,"sku":"9780870139802","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dd00985-172e-4d02-8359-e2c669870891.jpg?v=1777234929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enemyship-jeremy-engels-9780870139802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}