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Language and Political Meaning in Revolutionary America (American History)
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by John R. Howe
Sales Rank: 2614829
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
Published by: University of Massachusetts Press January 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1558494227
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1558494220
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Reader Reviews
John Howe has written a marvelous book on an important subject, one that resonates in the early 21st century. He argues that in the revolutionary era there was a profound change in discursive practices that mirrored the politics of those dramatic times. It had been assumed that language was "fixed in meaning and exact in expression, its vocabulary and grammar based on timeless standards, its meaning existing apart from the shifting currents of historical change." Howe has done the scholarly spade work necessary to demonstrate that the Federalists changed all that by fashioning a language "whose grammar and vocabulary were understood to change over time, whose meaning derived from its immediate historical context, and whose purpose was to facilitate rather than restrain political initiative, thus serving the needs of an unfolding future." Anyone who has ever mulled over the challenge of recovering the "orginal intent" of the framers of the Constitution will find this book richly rewarding, for Howe is a superb scholar and a gifted writer in his own right.
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