Good citizenship in America
"Good Citizenship in America describes the history in America of a civic ideal of who enjoys membership in the state and what obligations that entails. Before 1865, the ideal called for virtuous political behavior by same people (republicanism) but gradually extended the franchise beyond early republican expectations to many people (democracy). Democracy continued to expand after 1865, to women and place of color. At the same time, republicanism was challenged when economic development fostered serious disparities of property and income. In the twentieth century the civic ideal was somewhat displaced by consumer aspirations and satisfactions, which flowered especially after World War II
Print Book, English, 2004
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2004
History
313 pages ; 24 cm
9780521835800, 9780521543705, 0521835801, 0521543703
53315195
I. Origins: 1. The concept of citizenship
2. Early civic ideas
Part II. American Exceptionalism: 3. The Republican moment
4. The Democratic moment
5. The challenge to good citizenship
Part III. The Modern Economy: 6. The rise of consumerism
7. The costs of consumerism
Part IV. Good Citizenship: 8. Constructive thinking
9. The primacy of politics