The political education of Democratus : negotiating civic virtue during the early republic / Brian W. Dotts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dotts, Brian W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809.

United States.

History.

Political clubs.

Democracy and education.

Citizenship--Study and teaching--United States.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]

Summary:

"The radical Democratic-Republican Societies that emerged during the 1790s not only challenged conventional interpretations of the civic republican tradition, they also adopted Enlightenment principles in their advocacy for universal public education. Brian W. Dotts' The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civic Virtue during the Early Republic shows that, unlike mainstream educational philosophy of the period, radical democrats supported universal political education as essential in protecting liberty and political equality"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Introduction : Ploughshares, Politics, and Pedagogy : The Negotiation of Democratic-Republicanism and the Loss of Civic Sentiment

Chapter 2. Recovering Civic Republicanism : Ancient and Modern

Chapter 3. The New Arcadia : 'Set Our Cold Northern Island Burning'

Chapter 4. Trans-Atlantic Ties : Radical Whig Political Ideals and American Practice

Chapter 5. 'Who are These, Poor, Groveling, Insignificant Democrats Who Dare

Libel Us?'

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739167205

0739167200

9780739167212

0739167219

OCLC:

769232545

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