Era of Experimentation: American Political Practices in the Early Republic

by Daniel Peart

In Era of Experimentation, Daniel Peart challenges the pervasive assumption that the present-day political system, organized around two competing parties, represents the logical fulfillment of participatory democracy. Recent accounts of "the rise of American democracy" between the Revolution and the Civil War applaud political parties for opening up public life to mass participation and making government responsive to the people. Yet this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813935601
• ISBN13: 9780813935607
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"