The making of Tocqueville's America law and association in the early United States

IntroductionThe concept of membership in America, 1783 - 1815 -- Friendship, formalities, and membership in post-revolutionary America -- Politics, citizenship, and association -- A common law of membership -- Practices and limits, 1800 - 1840 -- Everyday constitutionalism in a nation of joiners --...

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1. Verfasser: Butterfield, Kevin (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, London The University of Chicago Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:Historical studies of urban America
American beginnings, 1500-1900
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Zusammenfassung:IntroductionThe concept of membership in America, 1783 - 1815 -- Friendship, formalities, and membership in post-revolutionary America -- Politics, citizenship, and association -- A common law of membership -- Practices and limits, 1800 - 1840 -- Everyday constitutionalism in a nation of joiners -- When shareholders were members: the business corporation as voluntary association -- Determining the rights of members -- Consequences: civil society in antebellum America -- Labor unions and an American law of membership -- Conclusion: the concept of membership in the age of reform.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 311 pages
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24 cm
ISBN:9780226297088
978-0-226-29708-8
9780226297118