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The Resource Frontier democracy : constitutional conventions in the Old Northwest, Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University

Frontier democracy : constitutional conventions in the Old Northwest, Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University

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Frontier democracy : constitutional conventions in the Old Northwest
Title
Frontier democracy
Title remainder
constitutional conventions in the Old Northwest
Statement of responsibility
Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s through the 1850s. This is a book about conversations: in particular, the fights and negotiations over the core ideals in the constitutions that brought these frontier communities to life. Silvana R. Siddali argues that the Northwestern debates over representation and citizenship reveal two profound commitments: the first to fair deliberation, and the second to ethical principles based on republicanism, Christianity, and science. Some of these ideas succeeded brilliantly: within forty years, the region became an economic and demographic success story. However, some failed tragically: racial hatred prevailed everywhere in the region, in spite of reformers' passionate arguments for justice, and resulted in disfranchisement and even exclusion for non-white Northwesterners that lasted for generations"--
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Siddali, Silvana R
Dewey number
342.77/024209034
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
KF4530
LC item number
.S56 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Constitutional conventions
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Democracy
  • Constitutional conventions
  • Democracy
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Politics and government
  • Social conditions
  • Northwest, Old
  • Northwest, Old
  • United States
Label
Frontier democracy : constitutional conventions in the Old Northwest, Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University
Link
http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/90767/cover/9781107090767.jpg
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Delegates -- Constitutions -- Laws -- Lawmakers -- Judges -- Land rights -- Places -- Citizens -- Wives -- Banks -- Epilogue
Control code
20849520
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 392 pages
Isbn
9781107090767
Lccn
2015025686
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn918762706
  • (OCoLC)918762706
Label
Frontier democracy : constitutional conventions in the Old Northwest, Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University
Link
http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/90767/cover/9781107090767.jpg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Delegates -- Constitutions -- Laws -- Lawmakers -- Judges -- Land rights -- Places -- Citizens -- Wives -- Banks -- Epilogue
Control code
20849520
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 392 pages
Isbn
9781107090767
Lccn
2015025686
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn918762706
  • (OCoLC)918762706

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