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"Let a Common Interest Bind Us Together": Associations, Partisanship, and Culture in Philadelphia, 1775-1840 (Jeffersonian America)
Albrecht Koschnik
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Hardcover. Examines voluntary associations in Philadelphia from the Revolution into the 1830s, revealing how - in the absence of mass political parties or a party system - these associations served as incubators and organizational infrastructure for the development of intense partisanship in the early republic. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
After examining American society in 1831-1832, Alexis de Tocqueville concluded, ""In no country in the world has the principle of association been more successfully used or applied to a greater multitude of objects than in America."" What he failed to note, however, was just how much experimentation and conflict, including partisan conflict, had gone into the evolution of these institutions. In """"Let a Common Interest Bind Us Together"": Associations, Partisanship, and Culture in Philadelphia, 1775-1840"", Albrecht Koschnik examines voluntary associations in Philadelphia from the Revolution into the 1830s, revealing how - in the absence of mass political parties or a ... Read more
After examining American society in 1831-1832, Alexis de Tocqueville concluded, ""In no country in the world has the principle of association been more successfully used or applied to a greater multitude of objects than in America."" What he failed to note, however, was just how much experimentation and conflict, including partisan conflict, had gone into the evolution of these institutions. In """"Let a Common Interest Bind Us Together"": Associations, Partisanship, and Culture in Philadelphia, 1775-1840"", Albrecht Koschnik examines voluntary associations in Philadelphia from the Revolution into the 1830s, revealing how - in the absence of mass political parties or a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926483
SKU
V9780813926483
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About Albrecht Koschnik
Albrecht Koschnik is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Florida State University.
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