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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Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago, London
The University of Chicago Press
2015
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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. |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | viii, 311 pages Illustrationen 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9780226297088 978-0-226-29708-8 9780226297118 |