• Town meeting : practicing democracy in ruralNew England
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: practicing democracy in ruralNew England
    [NT 47261] Author: RobinsonDonald L., 1936-
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: Amherst
    [NT 47263] Published: University of Massachusetts Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: c2011
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (xii, 261 p.)ill., maps. :
    [NT 47266] Subject: Direct democracy - History - New England -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Political participation - History - New England -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Municipal government - Citizen participation - New England -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781613760369/
    [NT 47265] Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-251) and index
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781613760369electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1613760361electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781558498549hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1558498540hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781558498556pbk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: Part I : origins -- Becoming Ashfield -- Baptist troubles -- Governing through a revolution -- Interlude -- Transformation -- Part II : tales of modern governance -- Town hall and town meeting -- Tinkering withthe system -- Building a sewer system -- Controlling the police -- Educating children -- Finally, a town common -- Conclusion : implications for democratic practice and theory
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