American tyrannies in the long age of Napoleon /
What if the American experiment is twofold, encompassing both democracy and tyranny? This book traces some of ways that 19th-century Americans used the figure of Napoleon to understand the perameters of tyranny and the perversions it introduced into both their polity and society.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in American literary history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | What if the American experiment is twofold, encompassing both democracy and tyranny? This book traces some of ways that 19th-century Americans used the figure of Napoleon to understand the perameters of tyranny and the perversions it introduced into both their polity and society. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2023. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191986352 0191986356 9780192899897 0192899899 9780192899903 0192899902 |