1812 : : War and the Passions of Patriotism / / Nicole Eustace.
As military campaigns go, the War of 1812 was a disaster. By the time it ended in 1815, Washington, D.C., had been burned to the ground, the national debt had nearly tripled, and territorial gains were negligible. Yet the war gained so much popular support that it ushered in what is known as the &qu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Studies
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface Emotion, Persuasion, and the Meaning of War
- Chapter 1. Celebrating Love, Liberty, and Progeny United States, circa 1811
- Chapter 2. Failures of Feeling as National Disasters Detroit, August 1812
- Chapter 3. Romantic Stories of Republican Conquest on the Great Lakes lake Erie, September 1813
- Chapter 4. Demographic Strategies and the Defeat of Tecumseh Moraviantown, Canada, October 1813
- Chapter 5 Liberty, Slavery, and the Burning of the Capital Washington, d.c., August 1814
- Conclusion Ardor and Triumph new Orleans, January 1815
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments