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Author Maloy, J. S. (Jason Stuart), 1974-

Title The colonial American origins of modern democratic thought / J.S. Maloy
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : accountability and democratic theory -- Radical trust and accountability in the seventeenth century -- Fidelity and accountability in Virginia and Bermuda -- Politics and ecclesiastics in Plymouth and Massachusetts -- Constitutional conflict and political argument at Boston -- Democratic constitutionalism in Connecticut and Rhode Island -- Conclusions
Summary Explores the profound impact of seventeenth-century American political thought on modern democratic ideas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index
Notes English
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Subject Democracy -- History
Democracy -- United States -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
Democracy
Politics and government
Demokratie
Politische Philosophie
Demokrati -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1600-talet -- 1700-talet.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140411
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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