Commons democracy : reading the politics of participation in the early United States / Dana D. Nelson.

Commons democracy : reading the politics of participation in the early United States /

"Commons Democracy highlights a poorly understood dimension of democracy in the early United States. It tells a story that, like the familiar one, begins in the Revolutionary era. But instead of the tale of the Founders' high-minded ideals and their careful crafting of the safe framework f...

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Main Author: Nelson, Dana D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Political participation > United States > History > 18th century.
Protest movements > United States > History > 18th century.
Commons > United States > History > 18th century.
Community development > United States > History > 18th century.
Social classes > United States > History > 18th century.
Democracy > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > Politics and government > To 1775.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Telling stories: vernacular versus formal democracy
  • Between savagery and civilization: the Whiskey Rebellion and a democratic middle way
  • The privatizing state: the pioneers and the closing of the legal commons
  • Settler self-governance: democratic politics on the frontier
  • From nothing to start, into being: the anti-rent wars, the Indian question, and the triumph of liberalism
  • Conclusion: "The wayward, multitudinous people."

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