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The reign of terror in America : visions of violence from anti-Jacobinism to antislavery /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cleves, Rachel Hope, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
United States > History > 1783-1865.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
Violence > United States > History > 19th century.
Nonviolence > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Influence > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Violence and social order in the early American republic
  • A scene of confusion and blood
  • Mortal eloquence
  • Fighting the War of 1812
  • Disciplining the 'Wild Beast'
  • Growing up anti-Jacobin.