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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Neem, Johann N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Harvard historical studies ; 163.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The revolutionary commonwealth
  • Fragmentation and contestation
  • The political transformation of civil society
  • Forging a grassroots public sphere
  • The elite public sphere
  • Democrats strike back.