Nelson, Dana D.

Commons democracy reading the politics of participation in the early United States / [electronic resource] : Dana D. Nelson. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Telling stories: vernacular versus formal democracy -- Between savagery and civilization: the Whiskey Rebellion and a democratic middle way -- The privatizing state: the pioneers and the closing of the legal commons -- Settler self-governance: democratic politics on the frontier -- From nothing to start, into being: the anti-rent wars, the Indian question, and the triumph of liberalism -- Conclusion: "Those wayward, multitudinous people."

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Democracy--History--United States--18th century.
Commons--History--United States--18th century.
Political participation--History--United States--18th century.
Political culture--History--United States--18th century.


United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.
United States--Politics and government--To 1775.


Electronic books.

E302.1 / .N+ or JK2260?