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The colonial American origins of modern democratic thought / J.S. Maloy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maloy, J. S. (Jason Stuart), 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy.
- History.
- Democracy--United States--History.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--To 1775.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 214 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction : accountability and democratic theory
- Radical trust and accountability in the seventeenth century
- Fidelity and accountability in Virginia and Bermuda
- Politics and ecclesiastics in Plymouth and Massachusetts
- Constitutional conflict and political argument at Boston
- Democratic constitutionalism in Connecticut and Rhode Island
- Conclusions: Anglophone radicalism and popular control.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521514385
- 052151438X
- OCLC:
- 196305838
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