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Creating a Nation of Joiners : Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Historical StudiesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674041370
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creating a Nation of JoinersDDC classification:
  • 306.209744/09033
LOC classification:
  • JK3189
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Revolutionary Commonwealth -- 2. Fragmentation and Contestation -- 3. The Political Transformation of Civil Society -- 4. Forging a Grassroots Public Sphere -- 5. The Elite Public Sphere -- 6. Democrats Strike Back -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Ever since Alexis de Tocqueville published his observations in Democracy in America, Americans have recognized the distinctiveness of their voluntary tradition. In a work of political, legal, social, and intellectual history, Neem traces the origins of this venerable tradition to the vexed beginnings of American democracy in Massachusetts.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Revolutionary Commonwealth -- 2. Fragmentation and Contestation -- 3. The Political Transformation of Civil Society -- 4. Forging a Grassroots Public Sphere -- 5. The Elite Public Sphere -- 6. Democrats Strike Back -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Ever since Alexis de Tocqueville published his observations in Democracy in America, Americans have recognized the distinctiveness of their voluntary tradition. In a work of political, legal, social, and intellectual history, Neem traces the origins of this venerable tradition to the vexed beginnings of American democracy in Massachusetts.

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