The varieties of political experience in eighteenth-century America /

The varieties of political experience in eighteenth-century America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beeman, Richard R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004]
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Regionalism > United States > History > 18th century.
Democracy > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > Politics and government > To 1775.
Table of Contents:
  • The traditional order of politics in England and America
  • Eighteenth-century Virginia : in pursuit of the deferential ideal
  • The character of the good ruler in eighteenth-century Massachusetts
  • Uneasy oligarchs : the manor lords of upstate New York
  • Complacent oligarchs : the merchant planters of South Carolina
  • The unsettling political cultures of the backcountry : the southern backcountry
  • The unsettling political cultures of the backcountry : the northern frontier
  • The paradox of popular and oligarchic political behavior in colonial Pennsylvania
  • Toward democratic pluralism : the politics of the cities of the northeast
  • The unfinished revolution in American political culture.