The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Early America, 1630–1789 : : The Legacy for Contemporary Politics / / Joshua Miller.
The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Early America describes and explores the emergence of a directly democratic political culture in America, the Federalists' theoretical campaign against that culture, and the legacy of the struggle over democracy for politics today. The Rise and Fall of Democrac...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [1991] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Direct Democracy and the Puritan Theory of Membership
- 3 Democratic Political Culture in the Eighteenth Century
- 4 The Antifederalists and the Conservative Dimension of Democracy
- 5 The Ghostly Body Politic: The Federalist Papers and Popular Sovereignty
- 6 Conclusion
- Index