Creating a Nation of Joiners: Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts
- ISBN-10
- 0674030796
- ISBN-13
- 9780674030794
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Associate Professor of History Johann N Neem, Johann N. Neem
Description
Ever since Alexis de Tocqueville published his observations in Democracy in America, Americans have recognized the distinctiveness of their voluntary tradition. In a work of political, legal, social, and intellectual history, Neem traces the origins of this venerable tradition to the vexed beginnings of American democracy in Massachusetts.
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