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Author:

Nelson, Dana D.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

219 p. ; 23 cm.

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.
Commons.
Community development.
Democracy.
Political culture.
Political participation.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
Social classes.
United States.
To 1799
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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: "Those wayward, multitudinous people."

ISBN:

082326839X
9780823268399
0823268381
9780823268382

OCLC:

(OCoLC)926050046

LCCN:

2015018249

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)