Quaker constitutionalism and the political thought of John Dickinson
By: Jane E. Calvert.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780521884365
Subjects: Dickinson, John, -- 1732-1810 -- Political and social views; Quakers -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 18th century; Constitutional history -- United States; Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809; Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; Delaware -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Quaker constitutionalism in theory and practice, c.1652-1763; title: Theology and ecclesiology : the origins of Quaker constitutionalism; title: A sacred institution : the Quaker theory of civil government; title: "Dissenters in our own country" : constituting a Quaker government in Pennsylvania; title: Civil unity and the "seeds of dissention" in the golden age of Quaker theocracy; title: The fruits of Quaker dissent : political schism and the rise of John Dickinson; title: pt. 2. The political Quakerism of John Dickinson, 1763-1789; title: Turbulent but pacific : "Dickinsonian politics" in the American Revolution; title: "The worthy against the licentious" : the critical period in Pennsylvania; title: "The political rock of our salvation" : the U.S. Constitution according to John Dickinson; title: Epilogue: The persistence of Quaker constitutionalism, 1789-1963.