Jeffrey L McNairn

Broschiertes Buch

The Capacity To Judge

Public Opinion and Deliberative Democracy in Upper Canada,1791-1854

Beschreibung

Arguing that voluntary associations and the press created a reading public capable of reasoning on matters of state, McNairn traces the emergence of 'public opinion' as a new form of authority in mid-19th century Upper Canada.

Autor

Jeffrey L. McNairn is an associate professor in the Department of History at Queen's University and winner of the John Bullen Prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association for the best doctoral dissertation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9781442638983
• ISBN-10: 1442638982
• Artikelnr.: 45751054