Americomania and the French Revolution debate in Britain, 1789--1802 / Wil Verhoeven, University of Groningen.
| Author/creator | Verhoeven, W. M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xii, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Utopianism in practice : the American front of the French Revolution in Britain, 1789--1802 -- "The war of systems": print culture and the institutionalization of the political divide in the 1790s -- "Cultivators of the earth": the American crisis and the emergence of the freehold farmer, 1763--1783 -- "Rabies agri": or, wilderness for sale -- "The calculated rise of the American empire": the radicalization of American utopianism -- "The mania of emigration": new philosophers in the wilderness -- "The precious pearl of liberty": from Newgate Prison to Ohiopiomingo -- "Come to these Arcadians regions where there is room for millions": politics for the people -- "Look before you leap": the demonization of Jacobin America -- "Parrying the enemy with their own weapons": dystopianism and the popular discourse of fear -- Postscript : "mania reformatio" the demise of transatlantic utopianism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-370) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013013367 |
| ISBN | 9781107040199 (pbk.) |
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