Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Society of the Cincinnati and the Confederation Period
Chapter 1. The Price of Peace: The Creation of the Society of the Cincinnati
Chapter 2. A Political Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Accusations Against the Society of the Cincinnati
Chapter 3. The Wicked and Traitorous Fabrication: The Society of the Cincinnati Controversy and the Constitution
Chapter 4. One Society of Friends: Reactions of the Society of the Cincinnati
Chapter 5. Was It All True? The Politics of the Society of the Cincinnati
Chapter 6. Between Two Revolutions: The “Order of the Cincinnati” in France
Chapter 7. Guardians of the Republic: The Critics of the Society of the Cincinnati
Chapter 8. Republican Fears and Confusions: The Cincinnati Controversy in Context
Conclusion: Political Paranoia and the Cincinnati Controversy
Selected Bibliography
Index
Markus Hünemörder teaches American history at the University of Munich. He was the first recipient of the Kade-Heideking fellowship administered by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC.
“Hünemörder has written a sold history and made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the Society of the Cincinnati and the Controversy that surrounded it.” • The Journal of Southern History “The chief value of Hünemörder’s book is to place the specific controversy over the Cincinnati so well within the larger context. Students of the early republicwill profit from this study.” • The Journal of American History “In this study the author has thoughtfully and intelligently described the foundation, especially also the criticism, of the Society of the Cincinnati…Apart from a few minor debatable points, this study can only praised. It is based on original sources, on a comprehensive knowledge of the contemporary and modern literature and is tightly argued.” • Historische Zeitschrift “The principal strength of Hünemörder's study is its placement of the Society of the Cincinnati within the larger currents of post revolutionary republican ideology. It briefly describes the origins and early development of the Cincinnati, but the main focus is on the Society as a center of controversy in the debates surrounding the new republican polity…In a tightly argued and briskly written examination of the debate surrounding the Cincinnati during the 1780s, Hünemörder succeeds in placing the controversy within the era's larger political culture and thereby contributes to a more nuanced understanding of this unsettled, formative period…Students of the early republic will profit from this study.” • Journal of American History “This is the first work to treat the issue of creation of the Society of the Cincinnati within the context of the constitutional politics of the American Revolution since 1803. ...the author has brought to light many new documents, particularly printed sources.” • Ken Bowling, The First Federal Congress Project, The George Washington University
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