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Americans on Paper: Identity and Identification in the American Revolution

The American Revolution brought with it a crisis of identification. The political divisions that fragmented American society did not distinguish adherents of the two sides in any outward way. Yet the new American governments had to identify their citizens; potential citizens themselves had to choose and prove their identities; and both sides of the war had to distinguish friend from foe. Subordinated groups who were notionally excluded from but deeply affected by the Revolutionary contest found in the same crisis new opportunity to seize control over their own identities. Those who claimed mastership over these groups struggled to maintain control amid civil war and revolution. / History

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/11181108
Date18 October 2013
CreatorsHuffman, John Michael
ContributorsChaplin, Joyce Elizabeth
PublisherHarvard University
Source SetsHarvard University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Rightsopen

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