Governed by a spirit of opposition : the origins of American political practice in colonial Philadelphia /

"To what extent did the American Revolution involve ordinary people? Historians as notable as Carl Becker and Edmund Morgan famously have asked this question or versions of it, but here Roney approaches it afresh by examining local governance and civic associations in Philadelphia, the largest...

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Main Author: Roney, Jessica C. 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Series:Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
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