@article{1478620, author = {NEEM, Johann N,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478620}, title = {Creating a Nation of Joiners : Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts /}, abstract = {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.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041370}, recid = {1478620}, pages = {1 online resource}, }