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 in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823268381
• ISBN13: 9780823268382
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"