Most Americans believe that the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 marked the settlement of post-Revolutionary disputes over the meanings of rights, democ

In the decades after the United States formally declared its independence in 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their right

Defends confrontational modes of citizenship as a means to reinvigorate democratic participation and regime accountability. A growing number of people are enrag

The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois demonstrates, it was profoundly shaped by the struggle over sla

Demonstrates how states at war redrew the boundaries between members and non-members, thus redefining belonging and the path to citizenship.