Quaker constitutionalism and the political thought of John Dickinson
- Author/Creator:
- Calvert, Jane E., 1970-
- Publication/Creation:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Quaker constitutionalism and the political thought of John Dickinson / Jane E. Calvert
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Dickinson, John,1732-1808--Political and social views
Quakers--Political activity--United States--History--18th century
Constitutional history--United States
Political science--United States--History--18th century
Legislators--United States--Biography
Quakers--Pennsylvania--Biography
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809
Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865
Delaware--Politics and government--1775-1865
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Quaker constitutionalism in theory and practice, c.1652-1763 -- Bureaucratic libertines : the origins of Quaker constitutionalism and civil dissent -- A sacred institution : the Quaker theory of a civil constitution -- "Dissenters in our own country" : constituting a Quaker government in Pennsylvania -- Civil unity and the "seeds of dissention" in the golden age of Quaker theocracy -- The fruits of Quaker dissent : political schism and the rise of John Dickinson -- The political Quakerism of John Dickinson, 1763-1789 -- Turbulent but pacific : "Dickinsonian politics" in the American Revolution -- "The worthy against the licentious" : the critical period in Pennsylvania -- "The political rock of our salvation" : the U.S. Constitution according to John Dickinson -- Epilogue: The persistence of Quaker constitutionalism, 1789-1963.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xiv, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990022770450302486
- ISBN:
- 0521884365 (hbk.)
9780521884365 (hbk.) - OCLC Number:
- 227031739
- Barcode:
- 010001386007
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