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Realities of Representation : State Building in Early Modern Europe and European America / edited by M. Jansson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- History, Modern.
- America--History.
- America.
- Social history.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Historiography.
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- European History.
- Modern History.
- History of the Americas.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- Historiography and Method.
- Local Subjects:
- European History.
- Modern History.
- History of the Americas.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- Historiography and Method.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers an examination of the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including parliaments, riksdags and reichstags.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Realities of Representation: State Building in Early Modern Europe and European America; EARLY MODERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN AMERICA; Conclusion: New Approaches to Early Modern Representation; Afterword: Representative Government: How Sure a Thing?; Index
- Notes:
- Revisions of papers presented at a conference entitled Parliaments, Peoples, and Powers held at Yale University in 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613839862
- 9781283527415
- 1283527413
- 9780230603653
- 0230603653
- OCLC:
- 560496360
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