The Good Citizen: A History of American CIVIC Life by Michael Schudson, Michael Schudson

The Good Citizen: A History of American CIVIC Life

Michael Schudson, Michael Schudson

400 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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When the nation was founded, being a citizen meant little more than for property-owning white males to delegate authority to a local gentleman -- and accept his complimentary glass of rum on election day. This "politics of assent" gave way early i...

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