Creating a nation of joiners : democracy and civil society in early national Massachusetts /
Neem explores the multiple conflicts that produced a vibrant pluralistic civil society following the American Revolution. The result was an astounding release of civic energy as ordinary people, long denied a voice in public debates, organized to advocate temperance, to protect the Sabbath, and to a...
| Основен автор: | Neem, Johann N. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Harvard historical studies ;
163. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282520 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Creating a nation of joiners. |
| Резюме: |
Neem explores the multiple conflicts that produced a vibrant pluralistic civil society following the American Revolution. The result was an astounding release of civic energy as ordinary people, long denied a voice in public debates, organized to advocate temperance, to protect the Sabbath, and to abolish slavery; elite Americans formed private institutions to promote education and their stewardship of culture and knowledge. --from publisher description. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (259 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-242) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674041370 0674041372 |