This Week's Suggested Book
from the Ashbrook Center
(Sunday, June 13, 2010)
 | | Local Government in Early America:
The Colonial Experience and Lessons from the Founders
by Brian P. Janiskee |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
200 pages, March 2010
Hardcover, 60.00
ISBN: 1442201347
A percentage of the proceeds from your purchase of this book from Amazon.com will benefit the
Ashbrook Center.
In Local Government in Early America, Brian P. Janiskee examines the origins of the town hall meeting and other iconic political institutions, whose origins lie in our colonial heritage. This work offers an overview of the structure of local politics in the colonial era, a detailed examination of the thoughts of key founders, such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, on local politics, and some thoughts on the continued role of local institutions as vital elements of the American political system.
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