ISBN:
9780226297088
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 311 pages
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Historical studies of urban America
Series Statement:
American beginnings, 1500-1900
DDC:
367/.97309034
Keywords:
Societies Membership 18th century
;
History
;
Societies Membership 19th century
;
History
;
Societies Membership
;
Political aspects
;
Voluntarism History 18th century
;
Voluntarism History 19th century
;
Social participation Political aspects 18th century
;
History
;
Social participation Political aspects 19th century
;
History
;
Associations, institutions, etc Law and legislation 18th century
;
History
;
Associations, institutions, etc Law and legislation 19th century
;
History
;
USA
;
Verein
;
Ehrenamt
;
Gesetzgebung
;
Soziales Engagement
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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