Government by dissent : protest, resistance, and radical democratic thought in the early American republic /

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"Democracy is the rule of the people. But what exactly does it mean for a people to rule? Which practices and behaviors are legitimate, and which are democratically suspect? We generally think of democracy as government by consent; a government of, by, and for the people. This has been true fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, Robert W. T. (Robert William Thomas), 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1700-1809
Dissenters > United States > History > 18th century.
Opposition (Political science) > United States > History > 18th century.
Democracy > United States > History > 18th century.
Federal government > United States > History > 18th century.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History.
Dissidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Opposition (Science politique) > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Résistance au gouvernement > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > State.
Democracy.
Dissenters.
Federal government.
Government, Resistance to.
Opposition (Political science)
Politics and government
Dissens
Politische Kultur
Radikalismus
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1809.
United States.
USA
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Regulation not rebellion : from "rough music" to democratic disorder
  • "Secret plodders" : anti-federalism, anonymity, and the struggle for democratic dissent
  • Institutionalizing counterpublicity : the democratic societies of the 1790s
  • James Madison : public opinion and dissentient democracy
  • "Salutary collisions" and multiple discourses : a farmer, two lawyers, and one unknown democrat
  • "The saucy sons of enquiry" : Thomas Cooper and democratic dissent.

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