Rebels and Democrats: The Struggle for Equal Political Rights and Majority Rule during the American Revolution - Hardcover

Douglass, Elisha P.

9780807806685: Rebels and Democrats: The Struggle for Equal Political Rights and Majority Rule during the American Revolution

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807806684 ISBN 13: 9780807806685

Publisher: The University of North Carolina, 1955

In a final analysis and evaluation of the Democratic and Whig programs, Douglass concludes that neither was adequate in itself to provide the freedom desired by the new nation but that the merging of the two laid the foundation for modern American democracy.

Originally published in 1955.

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About the Author:

Elisha P. Douglas, who taught at the University of North Carolina until his retirement, is also the author of The Coming of Age of American Business.

Review:

No other work brings together so much that is significant. (Annals)

Succint, balanced and perceptive. (Richard B. Morris Political Science Quarterly)

The book is welcome for its obviously thoughtful analyses and its independent and provocative judgments. (American Historical Review)

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