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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Cutterham, Tom (1987-....)
Titre(s) : Gentlemen revolutionaries [Texte imprimé] : power and justice in the new American republic / Tom Cutterham
Publication : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x, 191 pages) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-187) and index
"In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution,
American gentlemen--the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowners who comprised
the independent republic's elite--worked hard to maintain their positions of power.
Gentlemen Revolutionaries shows how their struggles over status, hierarchy, property,
and control shaped the ideologies and institutions of the fledgling nation. Tom Cutterham
examines how, facing pressure from populist movements as well as the threat of foreign
empires, these gentlemen argued among themselves to find new ways of justifying economic
and political inequality in a republican society. At the heart of their ideology was
a regime of property and contract rights derived from the norms of international commerce
and eighteenth-century jurisprudence. But these gentlemen were not concerned with
property alone. They also sought personal prestige and cultural preeminence. Cutterham
describes how, painting the egalitarian freedom of the republic's 'lower sort' as
dangerous licentiousness, they constructed a vision of proper social order around
their own fantasies of power and justice. In pamphlets, speeches, letters, and poetry,
they argued that the survival of the republican experiment in the United States depended
on the leadership of worthy gentlemen and the obedience of everyone else. Lively and
elegantly written, Gentlemen Revolutionaries demonstrates how these elites, far from
giving up their attachment to gentility and privilege, recast the new republic in
their own image"--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Élite (sciences sociales) -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
Idéal (philosophie) -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
Justice sociale -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1775-1783
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1783-1789
Conditions sociales -- États-Unis -- Jusqu'à 1865
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.31 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1775-1789 - Histoire sociale, politique, économique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691172668. - ISBN 0691172668
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45742009s
Notice n° :
FRBNF45742009
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Inheritance ; Obedience ; Justice ; Capital ; Rebellion ; Conclusion.