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Author Neem, Johann N.

Title Creating a nation of joiners : democracy and civil society in early national Massachusetts / Johann N. Neem.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (259 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Harvard historical studies ; 163
Harvard historical studies ; 163.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-242) and index.
Contents The revolutionary commonwealth -- Fragmentation and contestation -- The political transformation of civil society -- Forging a grassroots public sphere -- The elite public sphere -- Democrats strike back.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Civil society -- Massachusetts -- History.
Civil society.
Massachusetts.
History.
Civil society -- United States -- History.
United States.
Citizens' associations -- Massachusetts -- History.
Citizens' associations.
Democracy -- Massachusetts -- History.
Democracy.
Chronological Term 1775-1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Neem, Johann N. Creating a nation of joiners. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008 9780674030794 0674030796 (DLC) 2008005243 (OCoLC)191898187
ISBN 9780674041370 (electronic book)
0674041372 (electronic book)
9780674030794 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0674030796