The Star-Spangled Republic : Political Astronomy and the Rise of the American Constellation
by
Eran Shalev
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Jeffersonian America
ISBN-10
0813953855
ISBN-13
9780813953854
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Imprint
University of Virginia Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 24th, 2025
Print length
258 Pages
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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Examining the cosmic conceit at the heart of early American political rhetoric Why does the American flag use stars to represent the states? In The Star-Spangled Republic, Eran Shalev answers this and many other questions, considering the cosmic imagery - so familiar today but so peculiar on reflection - that suffused the United States' early political culture. In this comprehensive study, Shalev uncovers how 'political astronomy' - the discussion and representation of politics through astronomical models, allusions, and metaphors - reflected and facilitated the emerging worldview that enabled Americans to justify and find meaning in the country's new democratic modes of governance and its federal system. No other scholar has looked at American political rhetoric through this lens in so doing, Shalev is able to explain in fascinating detail how Americans turned away from the sun of heliocentric monarchy toward the night sky full of federated constellations, and to discover republicanism imprinted in the firmament.
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