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03180aam a2200529 i 4500 001 50C61E0A2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 230818s2024 gauabf b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2023038217 020 $a 0820366242 020 $a 9780820366241 020 $a 0820366269 020 $a 9780820366265 035 $a (OCoLC)1401057504 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KFP471.5 $b .M97 2024 100 1 $a Myrsiades, Linda, $d 1941- $e author. 245 10 $a Backcountry democracy and the whiskey insurrection : $b the legal culture and trials, 1794-1795 / $c Linda Myrsiades. 264 1 $a Athens : $b The University of Georgia Press, $c [2024] 300 $a 337 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Government narrative and its "Western experiment" -- Federal, state, and popular law in the Western Country -- Culture of resistance and its agitation-propaganda -- Judges and grand jury charges -- The trials, 1795 -- A rebel defense -- An afterword. 520 $a "Backcountry Democracy and the Whiskey Insurrection examines the legal context in which the Whiskey Rebellion was situated, with an eye towards how it was constructed both in the jurisprudence of the courts and in the vernacular ideology of popular dissent. The rationale for such a study lies in the connection between the 1790s and today and the prospect that the innovative experiment represented by U. S. democracy might die, which made the insurrection a crucible for testing the new nation's Constitution and laws and the government they established.?Extending its understanding of legal culture beyond established courts, the study expands materials treating the rebel contribution to legal culture by examining assembly speeches, petitions, and popular courts as well as street politics and propaganda to allow us to balance rebel, government, and judicial perspectives"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794. 650 0 $a Tax protests and appeals $z Pennsylvania. 650 0 $a Government, Resistance to $z Pennsylvania $x History. 650 0 $a Alcoholic beverages $x History. $x Law and legislation $z United States $x States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Pennsylvania $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Pennsylvania $x Politics and government. 650 6 $a Impot $x Reclamations et appels $z Pennsylvanie. 651 6 $a Etats-Unis $x Histoire. $x Histoire. 651 6 $a Pennsylvanie $x Politique et gouvernement. 650 6 $a Resistance au gouvernement $z Pennsylvanie $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Government, Resistance to $2 fast 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast 650 7 $a Tax protests and appeals $2 fast 651 7 $a Pennsylvania $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 648 7 $a 1794 $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619011337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=50C61E0A2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search