Author: Olson, Lester C.
Title: Emblems of American Community in the Revolutionary Era: A Study in Rhetorical Iconology
Description: Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, (1991). orig.cloth. 23x16cm, xxi,306,(46)p. 46pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Power of the Media During the 18th Century; The Underlying Rhetorical Structure of the Images; The Colonies are a Snake: The Image of the Snake in America; The Image of the Snake in Britain; The Colonies are an Indian; The Image of the Indian in Britian, The Image of the Indian in America; The Colonies are a Child: The Image of the Child in Britain; The Image of the Child in America; Uncommon Images of the Colonies: The Colonies Are a Part of the British Empire; The Colonies are Distinct & United; The Colonies Are the Limbs of the Child of Britannia; The Colonies are a Neoclassical God or Goddess; The Colonies are an Indian or a Rattlesnake; The Colonies are Animals; Conclusion.

Keywords: American Revolution, British Colonies, Revolutionary, Image Images, Iconography Art, Iconology Politics, Symbol Symbols, Symbolism Emblems, United States