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Frontmatter -- Preface to the 1980 Edition -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Journey to Laputa: The Federalist Era as an Augustan Age -- 2. Anti-Virginia and Antislavery -- 3. The Objects of Scientific Inquiry -- 4. Salvaging the Classical Tradition -- 5. Concepts of Law and Justice: A Case Study -- 6. Images of the Social Order -- A Note on Sources -- Index

Women of the Republic views the American Revolution through women's eyes. The result of a seven-year search for women's diaries, letters, and legal records, Kerber describes women's participation in the war, evaluates changes in their education in the late eighteenth century, describes the novels and histories women read and wrote, and analyzes their status in law and society

Explores the effects of recent sociopolitical change on understandings of citizenship & contemplates the nature of postnational citizenship. A sketch of the history of citizenship in the US emphasizes tendencies toward both inclusion & exclusion. Shifts that are currently altering its meaning are considered: the widespread decline in civic participation; globalization; & a surge in anti-immigrant sentiment & legislation. It is concluded that, although the exercise of international human rights & transnational forms of civic engagement are increasingly important, citizenship continues to be substantially nationalized. An understanding of citizenship that is nonexclusionary & active, that involves civic obligation as well as rights & equal protection, is advocated. E. Blackwell