Creating a nation of joiners : democracy and civil society in early national Massachusetts / Johann N. Neem.
2008
JK3189 .N44 2008 (Mapit)
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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.
ISBN
9780674030794 (alk. paper)
0674030796 (alk. paper)
0674030796 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
259 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
JK3189 .N44 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.209744/09033
Summary
Neem explores the multiple conflicts that produced a vibrant pluralistic civil society following the American Revolution. The result was an astounding release of civic energy as ordinary people, long denied a voice in public debates, organized to advocate temperance, to protect the Sabbath, and to abolish slavery; elite Americans formed private institutions to promote education and their stewardship of culture and knowledge. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Harvard historical studies ; 163.
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Table of Contents
The revolutionary commonwealth
Fragmentation and contestation
The political transformation of civil society
Forging a grassroots public sphere
The elite public sphere
Democrats strike back.
Fragmentation and contestation
The political transformation of civil society
Forging a grassroots public sphere
The elite public sphere
Democrats strike back.