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Creating a nation of joiners : democracy and civil society in early national Massachusetts /
Neem explores the multiple conflicts that produced a vibrant pluralistic civil society following the American Revolution. The result was an astounding release of civic energy as ordinary people, long denied a voice in public debates, organized to advocate temperance, to protect the Sabbath, and to a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Harvard historical studies ;
163. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Neem explores the multiple conflicts that produced a vibrant pluralistic civil society following the American Revolution. The result was an astounding release of civic energy as ordinary people, long denied a voice in public debates, organized to advocate temperance, to protect the Sabbath, and to abolish slavery; elite Americans formed private institutions to promote education and their stewardship of culture and knowledge. --from publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674041370 0674041372 |