Beyond the founders : new approaches to the political history of the early American republic / edited by Jeffrey L. Pasley, Andrew W. Robertson, and David Waldstreicher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pasley, Jeffrey L., 1964-

Robertson, Andrew W. (Andrew Whitmore), 1951-

Waldstreicher, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--United States--Historiography.

Political culture.

Democracy--United States--Historiography.

Democracy.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865--Historiography.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In pursuit of a more sophisticated and inclusive American history, the contributors to Beyond the Founders propose new directions for the study of the political history of the republic before the Civil War. In ways formal and informal, symbolic and tactile, this political world encompassed blacks, women, entrepreneurs, and Native Americans, as well as the Adamses, Jeffersons, and Jacksons, all struggling in their own ways to shape the new nation and express their ideas of American democracy.Taking inspiration from the new cultural and social histories, these political historians

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond the Founders; PART I. DEMOCRACY AND OTHER PRACTICES; PART II. GENDER, RACE, AND OTHER IDENTITIES; PART III. NORMS AND FORMS; PART IV. INTERESTS, SPACES, AND OTHER STRUCTURES; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-134-5

979-88-908742-1-4

1-4696-0524-4

0-8078-9883-X

OCLC:

500638548