The making of Tocqueville's America : law and association in the early United States /

Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first to draw attention to Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations--and to join them with a fervor and frequency unmatched anywhere in the world. For nearly two centuries, we have sought to understand how and why early nineteenth-century American...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butterfield, Kevin, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Colección:American beginnings, 1500-1900.
Temas:
1700-1899
Societies > United States > Membership > History > 18th century.
Societies > United States > Membership > History > 19th century.
Societies > Membership > Political aspects > United States.
Voluntarism > United States > History > 18th century.
Voluntarism > United States > History > 19th century.
Social participation > Political aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Social participation > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Law and legislation > United States > History > 18th century.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Participation sociale > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Participation sociale > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Law and legislation
Voluntarism
Verein
Ehrenamt
Gesetzgebung
Soziales Engagement
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The concept of membership in America, 1783
  • 1815
  • Friendship, formalities, and membership in post-revolutionary America
  • Politics, citizenship, and association
  • A common law of membership
  • Practices and limits, 1800
  • 1840
  • Everyday constitutionalism in a nation of joiners
  • When shareholders were members: the business corporation as voluntary association
  • Determining the rights of members
  • Consequences: civil society in antebellum America
  • Labor unions and an American law of membership
  • Conclusion: the concept of membership in the age of reform.

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