Town Meeting: Practicing Democracy in Rural New England
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At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln described government by the people as "the great task remaining before us." Many citizens of modern America, frustrated and disheartened, are tempted to despair of realizing that ideal. Yet, it is a project still alive in parts of New England. This book traces the origins of town-meeting democracy in Ashfield, a community of just under 2,000 people in the foothills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Donald...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1558498559
ISBN13:9781558498556
Release Date:January 2011
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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