Sarah L. Swedberg

Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg illustrates how concerns about insanity raised difficult questions about the nature of governance in the tumultuous era of the American Revolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781498573863
• ISBN-10: 149857386X
• Artikelnr.: 60141209

Autorenporträt

Sarah L. Swedberg is professor of history at Colorado Mesa University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Insanity and Confinement in an Age of Liberty
Chapter 2 The Many Madnesses of Colonial Protest
Chapter 3 Impolitic Madmen: Dividing into Enemy and Friend
Chapter 4 The Folly and Madness of War, 1775-1783
Chapter 5 "The whole Country is now in a state of madness": Life and
Government During Wartime
Chapter 6 An Irrational State, 1783-1787
Chapter 7 "The Temple of Tyranny Has Two Doors," 1787-1791
Chapter 8 Party Politics and Foreign Policy, 1792-1796