Commons Democracy: Reading the Politics of Participation in the Early United States

by Dana Nelson

Commons Democracy highlights a poorly understood dimension of democracy in the early United States. It tells a story that, like the familiar one, begins in the Revolutionary era. But instead of the tale of the Founders' high-minded ideals and their careful crafting of the safe framework for democracy--a representative republican government--Commons Democracy examines the power of the democratic spirit, the ideals and practices of everyday people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082326839X
• ISBN13: 9780823268399
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"