Commons Democracy : Reading the Politics of Participation in the Early United States.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (164 pages)Content type:- text
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- 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
- Participation politique -- �Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e si�ecle
- Contestation -- �Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e si�ecle
- Classes sociales -- �Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e si�ecle
- �Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Jusqu'�a 1775
- �Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1775-1783
- D�eveloppement communautaire -- �Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e si�ecle
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Commons
- Community development
- Democracy
- Political culture
- Political participation
- Politics and government
- Protest movements
- Social classes
- United States
- To 1799
- 306.2097309033 23
- E310 .N457 2016
Print version record.
Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Commons Democracy: An Introduction; 1. Telling Stories: Vernacular versus Formal Democracy; 2. Between Savagery and Civilization: The Whiskey Rebellion and a Democratic Middle Way; 3. The Privatizing State: The Pioneers and the Closing of the Legal Commons; 4. Settler Self-Governance: Democratic Politics on the Frontier; 5. From Nothing to Start, into Being: The Anti-Rent Wars, the Indian Question, and the Triumph of Liberalism; Conclusion: "Those Wayward, Multitudinous People"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Commoning customs and practices in the Revolutionary era offered non-elite actors a relationship to democratic power different from the representative democracy that would be institutionalized by the Framers in 1787. Commons Democracy uncovers the democratic spirit, ideals and practices created by ordinary folk in the early nation.
In English.
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