Studies of American Citizenship in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242044
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: ENDO Yasuo 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 教授 (50194048)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKANO Katsuro 法政大学, 法学部, 教授 (70212090) ; MASUI Shitsuyo 上智大学, 文学部, 教授 (80181642) ; ARAKI Junko 学習院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (20396831) ; MATSUBARA Hiroyuki 横浜国立大学, 大学院都市イノベーション研究院, 准教授 (00334615) ; HASHIKAWA Kenryu 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (30361405) ; HIGOMOTO Yoshio 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 教授 (00247793) ; SASAKI Hiromichi 東北大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (70257161) ; MORI Takeo 福岡大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (90330894) ; NAKANO Yumiko 成蹊大学, 文学部, 教授 (40362214) ; HISADA Yukako 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (40300131) ; KANAI Kotaro 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (40143523)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): CHAPLIN Joyce ハーヴァード大学, 歴史学部, 教授 ; CAPOZZOLA Christopher マサチューセッツ工科大学, 歴史学部, 准教授 ; GOODMAN David メルボルン大学, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, 教授 ; JAFFEE David Bard Graduate Center, Head Of New Media Research, 教授 ; HALL David ハーヴァード大学, Harvard Divinity School, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 市民 / キリスト教 / 公共 / アンティベラム / アメリカ合衆国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Precedent studies of citizenship based on the history of modern Western Europe often lack a view to deeply understand the complexity of history of creating American citizenship during the first half of the 19th century. During that period, the United States experienced an unprecedented scale of territorial expansion, continual flow of immigrants, consumer revolution, and severe debates on the validity of Slavery in a country conceived in liberty and equality. In a society facing to those questions, a different mode of politics invite to-be-citizens participate into public sphere where they discuss hierarchy of political agenda in their civil society. While practicing informal politics through scribal publication, reading sentimental novels, listening to religious sermons, and sending petitions, sprouting class of American citizens of that period learned how to become good citizens and exclude others as not. This study explores that history.

Free Research Field

人文学