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Era of experimentation : American political practices in the early republic / Daniel Peart.

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"In Era of Experimentation, Daniel Peart challenges the pervasive assumption that the present-day political system, organized around two competing parties, represents the logical fulfillment of participatory democracy. Recent accounts of 'the rise of American democracy' between the Re...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Peart, Daniel, 1985-
Other title:American political practices in the early republic.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Series:Jeffersonian America.
Subjects:
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
Political parties > United States > History > 19th century.
Political participation > United States > History > 19th century.
Elections > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Elections.
Political culture.
Political participation.
Political parties.
Politics and government
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • "'We the People' Have No Political Existence" : The Rise and Fall of the Middling Interest in Boston, Massachusetts
  • "Let Us Unite Like One Man" : Organizing the Opposition to Slavery in Illinois
  • "Associate Yourselves throughout the Nation" : The Struggle to Shape Federal Tariff Policy in Pennsylvania and Virginia
  • "You Must Organize against Organization" : The Presidential Election of 1824
  • Appendixes: U.S. Election Turnout, 1820-1825; Boston Election Results, 1820-1824.

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