Commons Democracy : Reading the Politics of Participation in the Early United States

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Commoning customs and practices in the Revolutionary era offered non-elite actors a relationship to democratic power different from the representative democracy that would be institutionalized by the Framers in 1787. Commons Democracy uncovers the democratic spirit, ideals and practices created by o...

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Main Author: Nelson, Dana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social classes.
Protest movements.
Politics and government.
Political participation.
Political culture.
Democracy.
Community development.
Commons.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).
Classes sociales > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Contestation > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Participation politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Democracy > United States > History > 18th century.
Social classes > United States > History > 18th century.
Community development > United States > History > 18th century.
Commons > United States > History > 18th century.
Protest movements > United States > History > 18th century.
Political participation > United States > History > 18th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1775.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > To 1775.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Commons Democracy: An Introduction; 1. Telling Stories: Vernacular versus Formal Democracy; 2. Between Savagery and Civilization: The Whiskey Rebellion and a Democratic Middle Way; 3. The Privatizing State: The Pioneers and the Closing of the Legal Commons; 4. Settler Self-Governance: Democratic Politics on the Frontier; 5. From Nothing to Start, into Being: The Anti-Rent Wars, the Indian Question, and the Triumph of Liberalism; Conclusion: "Those Wayward, Multitudinous People"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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