Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution

In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg illustrates how concerns about insanity raised difficult questions about the nature of governance in the tumultuous era of the American Revolution.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Insanity and Confinement in an Age of Liberty
Chapter 2 The Many Madnesses of Colonial Protest
Chapter 3 Impolitic Madmen: Dividing into Enemy and Friend
Chapter 4 The Folly and Madness of War, 1775-1783
Chapter 5 "The whole Country is now in a state of madness": Life and Government During Wartime
Chapter 6 An Irrational State, 1783-1787
Chapter 7 "The Temple of Tyranny Has Two Doors," 1787-1791
Chapter 8 Party Politics and Foreign Policy, 1792-1796

About the author

By Sarah L. Swedberg

Summary

In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg illustrates how concerns about insanity raised difficult questions about the nature of governance in the tumultuous era of the American Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah L Swedberg, Sarah L. Swedberg
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781498573887
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7388-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), History of Medicine, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)