books.google.com - Part political history, part rhetorical criticism, Founding Fictions is an extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845. It critically re-interrogates our fundamental assumptions about a government based upon the will of the people, with profound implications...http://books.google.com/books/about/Founding_Fictions.html?id=X9zXhuBMk-YC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareFounding Fictions