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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?
About the Author: Eran Shalev is Professor of History at Haifa University and the author of Rome Reborn on Western Shores: Historical Imagination and the Creation of the American Republic, and American Zion: The Old Testament as a Political Text from the Revolution to the Civil War.
264 Pages
History, United States
Series Name: Jeffersonian America

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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.

About the Author

Eran Shalev is Professor of History at Haifa University and the author of Rome Reborn on Western Shores: Historical Imagination and the Creation of the American Republic, and American Zion: The Old Testament as a Political Text from the Revolution to the Civil War.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .59 Inches (D)

Weight: .78 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 264

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: United States

Series Title: Jeffersonian America

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Eran Shalev

Language: English

Street Date: November 12, 2025

TCIN: 1004457047

UPC: 9780813953854

Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-2986

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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