The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America / / Richard R. Beeman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Beeman, Richard R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Early American Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 25 illus.

On the eve of the American Revolution there existed throughout the British-American colonial world a variety of contradictory expectations about the political process. Not only was there disagreement over the responsibilities of voters and candidates, confusion extended beyond elections to the relat...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. The Traditional Order of Politics in England and America
• 2. Eighteenth-Century Virginia: In Pursuit of the Deferential Ideal
• 3. The Character of the Good Ruler in Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts
• 4. Uneasy Oligarchs: The Manor Lords of Upstate New York
• 5. Complacent Oligarchs: The Merchant Planters of South Carolina
• 6. The Unsettling Political Cultures of the Backcountry: The Southern Backcountry
• 7. The Unsettling Political Cultures of the Backcountry: The Northern Frontier
• 8. The Paradox of Popular and Oligarchic Political Behavior in Colonial Pennsylvania
• 9. Toward Democratic Pluralism: The Politics of the Cities of the Northeast
• 10. The Unfinished Revolution in American Political Culture
• Appendix 1: Qualifications for Voting in North American Mainland Colonies, Circa 1770
• Appendix 2: Days in Session of Colonial Assemblies, 1752-1756
• Appendix 3: Average Number of Laws Enacted by Colonial Assemblies Across Selected Five-Year Periods
• Appendix 4: Average Number of Petitions Received Annually by Colonial Assemblies
• Appendix 5: Number of Assembly Elections per Decade
• Appendix 6: Average Turnover Rate of Legislators in North American Colonial Mainland Assemblies by Decade
• Notes
• Index
• Acknowledgments