Bennington and the Green Mountain Boys : The Emergence of Liberal Democracy in Vermont, 1760-1850

Bennington and the Green Mountain Boys The Emergence of Liberal Democracy in Vermont, 1760-1850

In this lively study, Robert E. Shalhope supplies a fascinating microcosmic view of the rise and triumph of liberal individualism in America and explores its impact on political culture.Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleOriginally published in 1996. Americans who lived betw...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Shalhope, Robert E., 1941-, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press
Colección:Reconfiguring American political history.
Materias:
Politics and government
Democracy.
Democracy > Vermont > History.
Vermont > Bennington.
Vermont.
Vermont > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Vermont > Politics and government > To 1791.
Bennington (Vt.) > Politics and government.
History of the Americas
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Separate paths to the Grants
  • 2. The Grants in jeopardy
  • 3. The emergence of the Green Mountain Boys
  • 4. Newcomers to the Grants
  • 5. Independence
  • 6. Divisions throughout the town
  • 7. The next generation
  • 8. Tensions persist
  • 9. Paeans to the Green Mountain Boys
  • Epilogue : a monument to democracy.

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