Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States
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When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement.
The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807849111
ISBN13:9780807849118
Release Date:March 2001
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 9.4"
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