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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Nelson, Dana
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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 ordinary folk in the early nation.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780823268412