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The strength of a people : the idea of an informed citizenry in America, 1650-1870

This work traces the development of the notion that the health of the US democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry, from the 17th through to the 19th century. It assesses its continuing influence and changing meaning.
Print Book, English, 1997
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1997
XVII, 252 pàgines : il·lustracions ; 25 cm
9780807846636, 0807846635
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