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The varieties of political experience in eighteenth-century America /
On the eve of the American Revolution there existed throughout the British-American colonial world a variety of contradictory expectations about the political process. Not only was there disagreement over the responsibilities of voters and candidates, confusion extended beyond elections to the relat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Early American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Traditional Order of Politics in England and America
- 2. Eighteenth-Century Virginia: In Pursuit of the Deferential Ideal
- 3. The Character of the Good Ruler in Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts
- 4. Uneasy Oligarchs: The Manor Lords of Upstate New York
- 5. Complacent Oligarchs: The Merchant Planters of South Carolina
- 6. The Unsettling Political Cultures of the Backcountry: The Southern Backcountry
- 7. The Unsettling Political Cultures of the Backcountry: The Northern Frontier
- 8. The Paradox of Popular and Oligarchic Political Behavior in Colonial Pennsylvania
- 9. Toward Democratic Pluralism: The Politics of the Cities of the Northeast
- 10. The Unfinished Revolution in American Political Culture
- Appendix 1: Qualifications for Voting in North American Mainland Colonies, Circa 1770
- Appendix 2: Days in Session of Colonial Assemblies, 1752-1756
- Appendix 3: Average Number of Laws Enacted by Colonial Assemblies Across Selected Five-Year Periods
- Appendix 4: Average Number of Petitions Received Annually by Colonial Assemblies
- Appendix 5: Number of Assembly Elections per Decade
- Appendix 6: Average Turnover Rate of Legislators in North American Colonial Mainland Assemblies by Decade
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments