Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Nelson, Dana D.

Publication

New York : Fordham University Press, [2016]

Details

Description

1 online resource (219 pages)

Uniform Title

Commons democracy (Online)

Alternative Title

Commons democracy (Online)

Subject

• 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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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."

LCCN

2015018249

OCLC

ssj0001590017

Author

Nelson, Dana D.

Title

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

Imprint

New York : Fordham University Press, [2016]

Edition

First edition.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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