The Opening of American Society: From the Adoption of the Constitution to the Eve of Disunion 0394535839, 9780394535838


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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part One. The Revolutionary Republic
1 Leadership
2 The Politics of Form
3 The Politics of Character
4 The Politics of Independence
5 The Edges of Violence
6 The Jeffersonian Resolution
Part Two. Beginnings and Endings
7 Space
8 Revolution in Choices
9 The Last Tournament
10 The Era of State Power
11 Comprehensive Programs
12 The Jacksonian Resolution
Part Three. Democratic Society
13 Economy
14 Democratic Culture
15 The Institutional Web
16 A Society in Halves
17 A Crisis in Parallelism
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

The Opening of American Society: From the Adoption of the Constitution to the Eve of Disunion
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