Creating a nation of joiners
Subtitle: democracy and civil society in early national Massachusetts
By: Johann N. Neem.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780674030794
Subjects: Civil society -- Massachusetts -- History; Citizens' associations -- Massachusetts -- History; Democracy -- Massachusetts -- History; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The revolutionary commonwealth; title: Fragmentation and contestation; title: The political transformation of civil society; title: Forging a grassroots public sphere; title: The elite public sphere; title: Democrats strike back.