Self-Rule: A Cultural History of American Democracy
- ISBN-10
- 0226895629
- ISBN-13
- 9780226895628
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-03-27
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Robert H. Wiebe
Description
Describes how early nineteenth-century American democracy successfully involved white men, the only people to take part; argues that social changes since industrialization have weakened popular control; and discusses sixty recent commentators
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- 1996-11-15
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