{"product_id":"the-varieties-of-political-experience-in-eighteenthcentury-america-early-american-studies-9780812219777","title":"The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America (Early American Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the American Revolution there existed throughout the British-American colonial world a variety of contradictory expectations about the political process. Not only was there disagreement over the responsibilities of voters and candidates  confusion extended beyond elections to the relationship between elected officials and the populations they served. So varied were peoples expectations that it is impossible to talk about a single American political culture in this period.  In The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America  Richard R. Beeman offers an ambitious overview of political life in pre-Revolutionary America. Ranging from Virginia  Massachusetts  New York  South Carolina  and Pennsylvania to the backcountry regions of the South  the Mid-Atlantic  and northern New England  Beeman uncovers an extraordinary diversity of political belief and practice. In so doing  he closes the gap between eighteenth-century political rhetoric and reality.  Political life in eighteenth-century America  Beeman demonstrates  was diffuse and fragmented  with Americas British subjects and their leaders often speaking different political dialects altogether. Although the majority of people living in America before the Revolution would not have used the term \"democracy \" important changes were underway that made it increasingly difficult for political leaders to ignore \"popular pressures.\" As the author shows in a final chapter on the Revolution  those popular pressures  once unleashed  were difficult to contain and drove the colonies slowly and unevenly toward a democratic form of government. Synthesizing a wide range of primary and secondary sources  Beeman offers a coherent account of the way politics actually worked in this formative time for American political culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652009713717,"sku":"ByrdShop_0812219775","price":30.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780812219777.jpg?v=1781848717","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-varieties-of-political-experience-in-eighteenthcentury-america-early-american-studies-9780812219777","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}