RT Book
T1 Quaker constitutionalism and the political thought of John Dickinson
A1 Calvert, Jane E.
LA English
PP Cambridge u.a.
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2009
ED 1. publ.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/572332785
NO 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. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-363) and index. - Formerly CIP
CN E302.6.D5
SN 9780521884365
SN 0521884365
K1 Dickinson, John : 1732-1808 : Political and social views
K1 Dickinson : John : 1732-1808 : Political and social views
K1 Quakers : Political activity : United States : History : 18th century
K1 Constitutional history : United States
K1 Political Science : United States : History : 18th century
K1 Legislators : United States : Biography
K1 Quakers : Pennsylvania : Biography
K1 Quakers : United States : Political activity : History : 18th century
K1 United States : Politics and government : 1775-1783