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Creating a nation of joiners : democracy and civil society in early national Massachusetts / Johann N. Neem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neem, Johann N.
- Series:
- Harvard Historical Studies
- Harvard Historical Studies ; 163
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil society--Massachusetts--History.
- Civil society.
- Civil society--United States--History.
- Citizens' associations--Massachusetts--History.
- Citizens' associations.
- Democracy--Massachusetts--History.
- Democracy.
- Massachusetts--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Massachusetts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ever since Alexis de Tocqueville published his observations in Democracy in America, Americans have recognized the distinctiveness of their voluntary tradition. In a work of political, legal, social, and intellectual history, Neem traces the origins of this venerable tradition to the vexed beginnings of American democracy in Massachusetts.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Revolutionary Commonwealth
- 2. Fragmentation and Contestation
- 3. The Political Transformation of Civil Society
- 4. Forging a Grassroots Public Sphere
- 5. The Elite Public Sphere
- 6. Democrats Strike Back
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674041370
- 0674041372
- OCLC:
- 456408657
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