Eric R. Schlereth Knihy

Exploring the often-overlooked narrative of the United States as a nation of emigrants, this book delves into the rights of American citizens to emigrate for political reasons after the nation's founding. By intertwining the histories of citizenship and the North American borderlands, it highlights the development of emigrant rights from 1750 to 1870, providing a nuanced understanding of American identity and migration.

Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty.