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


Kevin Butterfield
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Chicago London : The University of Chicago Press , 2015
Omfang
viii, 311 pages : Illustrationen
Opplysninger
Includes bibliographical references and index. - 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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Sjanger
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