In debt to Shays : the bicentennial of an agrarian rebellion /
Saved in:
| Imprint: | Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1993. |
|---|---|
| Description: | xiv, 418 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. v. 65 |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1590781 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Frederick S. Allis, Jr.
- Introduction: The Uninvited Guest: Daniel Shays and the Constitution / Robert A. Gross
- Pt. 1. Merchants and Magistrates. 1. The Public Creditor Interest in Massachusetts Politics, 1780-86 / Richard Buel, Jr. 2. Shays's Rebellion in Long Perspective: The Merchants and the "Money Question" / Joseph A. Ernst. 3. Debt Litigation and Shays's Rebellion / Jonathan M. Chu. 4. The Federalist Reaction to Shays's Rebellion / Stephen E. Patterson
- Pt. 2. PoliticaI Cultures in Conflict. 5. "The Fine Theoretic Government of Massachusetts Is Prostrated to the Earth": The Response to Shays's Rebellion Reconsidered / William Pencak. 6. Regulators and White Indians: Forms of Agrarian Resistance in Post-Revolutionary New England / Alan Taylor. 7. Reinterpreting Rebellion: The Influence of Shays's Rebellion on American Political Thought / Michael Lienesch
- Pt. 3. A Splintered Society. 8. Shays's Neighbors: The Context of Rebellion in Pelham, Massachusetts / Gregory H. Nobles. 9. A Deacon's Orthodoxy: Religion, Class, and the Moral Economy of Shays's Rebellion / John L. Brooke. 10. The Religious World of Daniel Shays / Stephen A. Marini
- Pt. 4. Consolidating the Republic. 11. In Shays's Shadow: Separation and Ratification of the Constitution in Maine / James Leamon. 12. The Confidence Man and the Preacher: The Cultural Politics of Shays's Rebellion / Robert A. Gross.