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Commons democracy [electronic resource] :reading the politics of participation in the early United States / Dana D. Nelson.

By: Nelson, Dana D.
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780823268429.Subject(s): Democracy -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Commons -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Political participation -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775Genre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
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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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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