Creating a Nation of Joiners : Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts / Johann N NEEM.
NEEM, Johann N, author.
2009
JK3189 .N44 2008eb
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Title Creating a Nation of Joiners : Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts / Johann N NEEM.
Author NEEM, Johann N, author.
ISBN 9780674041370
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041370
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2008
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.4159/9780674041370 doi
Call Number JK3189 .N44 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.209744/09033
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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Series Harvard Historical Studies ; 163
In HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014
HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Frontmatter
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

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