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"To what extent did the American Revolution involve ordinary people? Historians as notable as Carl Becker and Edmund Morgan famously have asked this question or versions of it, but here Roney approaches it afresh by examining local governance and civic associations in Philadelphia, the largest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roney, Jessica C. (Jessica Choppin), 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1600-1799
Political culture > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Democracy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Community life > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Civic leaders > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Municipal government > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Citizen participation > History.
Political participation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Communauté > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Associations > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Leaders > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Administration municipale > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Participation des citoyens > Histoire.
Participation politique > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civic leaders
Community life
Democracy
Municipal government > Citizen participation
Political culture
Political participation
Politics and government
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 17th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Philadelphie (Penns.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Named Before Thou Wert Born" : A City Imagined, 1682-1700
  • Intoxicated With Power : The Rise and Limits of the Philadelphia Corporation
  • Intended for a General Benefit : The Rise of a New Civic Technology
  • Amidst "Rancour and Party hatred" : A Changing Civic Landscape
  • Lending in Plain Sight : Covert Banks
  • Private Men Interfering with Matters of Government : Taking Over From the State
  • Mars Ascendant : A Revolution in Arms
  • Epilogue.

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