Regenerating the World
The French Revolution, Civic Festivals, and the Forging of Modern American Democracy, 1793-1795
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4920544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Rainbow Hale (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 891-920 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaw631 |
| OpenAlex | W2591118702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In the last quarter century, historians of the American Revolution and early republic have returned to the problem of democracy, and the resulting scholarship has fundamentally reshaped the historiographical landscape. Whereas authors in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s emphasized republicanism, liberalism, and the emergence of political parties, many today begin with the supposition that democratic ideas and actions occupied a constitutive role in the United States’ founding. This consensus about democracy's centrality exists despite interpretive disagreement. Neo-progressive historians highlight how reactionaries thwarted populists’ democratic aspirations. Those less critical of—or inclined to celebrate—American society portray the revolt against Britain as the fulfillment of latent colonial tendencies and the launching point for democratic transformation. Yet another group asserts that some democratic change occurred but only because dissenters forced the issue or influential leaders paved the way. No matter the ideological framework, the assumption is that democracy is a virtually unqualified moral good with consistently intimate ties to or unvarying relevance for American political culture. Recent scholarship on early American democracy thus evinces an ahistorical, moralistic strain.1
Colonialism · Democracy · Historiography · Ideology · Liberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · American History and Culture · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |