Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, 1774-1800

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Owen is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois Springfield. He holds a BA, MSt, and DPhil from Queen's College, Oxford. He previously taught at Ohio University and the University of Sussex. He currently teaches courses on Colonial and Revolutionary America, the Early American Republic, Native American history, and the use of digital media. Klappentext Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania challenges prevailing histories of the American Revolution, which place undue focus on political elites, and argues that it was ordinary citizens who cared most about the establishment of a proper, representative, publicly legitimate political process. Zusammenfassung Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania challenges prevailing histories of the American Revolution, which place undue focus on political elites, and argues that it was ordinary citizens who cared most about the establishment of a proper, representative, publicly legitimate political process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Making of the Radical Manifesto, 1774-1777 2: Price Fixing and the Political Community, 1778-1779 3: Old Principles, New Constitutions, 1783-1790 4: Political Practices in the Early Republic, 1790-1794 5: The Persistence of the Principles of Political Community, 1795-1799 Conclusion Bibliography

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• Authors: Kenneth Owen, Kenneth (Assistant Professor of History Owen, Kenneth (University of Illinois Springfield Owen, Owen Kenneth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780198827979
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882797-9
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1500 onwards to present day, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence