The Republic in Print: Print Culture in the Age of U.S. Nation Building, 1770-1870 Book

List of Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction. A View from the Capitol: The Unfinished Work of U.S. Nation Building xvii

1 U.S. Print Culture: The Factory of Fragments 1

Part 1 The Book's Two Bodies: Print Culture And National Founding, 1776-1789

2 Disseminating Common Sense: Thomas Paine and the Scene of Revolutionary Print Culture 33

3 The Republic in Print: Ratification as Material Text, 1787-1788 105

Part 2 The Nation In Fragments: Federal Representation And Its Discontents, 1787-1789

4 Virtual Nation: State-Based Identity and Federalist Fantasy 161

5 Metrobuilding: The Production of Federalist Space 223

Part 3 The Overextended Republic: Slavery, Abolition, And National Space, 1790-1870

6 Abolitionist Nation: The Space of Organized Abolition, 1790-1840 303

7 Slavery on the Move: From Fugitive Slave to Virtual Citizen 363

Conclusion. The Due Process of Nationalism 441

Abbreviations for Works Frequently Cited 445

Notes 447

Index 515