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Era of Experimentation : American Political Practices in the Early Republic /

"In Era of Experimentation, Daniel Peart challenges the pervasive assumption that the present-day political system, organized around two competing parties, represents the logical fulfillment of participatory democracy. Recent accounts of 'the rise of American democracy' between the Re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Peart, Daniel, 1985-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "'We the People' Have No Political Existence" : The Rise and Fall of the Middling Interest in Boston, Massachusetts
  • "Let Us Unite Like One Man" : Organizing the Opposition to Slavery in Illinois
  • "Associate Yourselves throughout the Nation" : The Struggle to Shape Federal Tariff Policy in Pennsylvania and Virginia
  • "You Must Organize against Organization" : The Presidential Election of 1824
  • Appendixes: U.S. Election Turnout, 1820-1825; Boston Election Results, 1820-1824.