Title Town meeting : practicing democracy in rural New England / Donald L. Robinson.

Publication Info.	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 261 pages :) : illustrations, maps
	text file
Note	OldControl:muse9781613760369.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index.
Contents	Part I : origins -- Becoming Ashfield -- Baptist troubles -- Governing through a revolution -- Interlude -- Transformation -- Part II : tales of modern governance -- Town hall and town meeting -- Tinkering with the system -- Building a sewer system -- Controlling the police -- Educating children -- Finally, a town common -- Conclusion : implications for democratic practice and theory.
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Subject	Direct democracy -- New England -- History.
	Direct democracy.
	New England.
	History.
	Political participation -- New England -- History.
	Political participation.
	Municipal government -- New England -- Citizen participation -- History.
	Municipal government.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Dictionaries.
	Dictionaries.
Other Form:	Print version: Robinson, Donald L., 1936- Town meeting. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010044988
ISBN	9781613760369 (electronic book)
	1613760361 (electronic book)
	1558498559
	9781558498556
	9781558498549 (library cloth ; alkaline paper)
	1558498540 (library cloth ; alkaline paper)