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.