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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      19 July 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511617386
      9780521835800
      9780521543705
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617386
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.547kg, 320 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.435kg, 320 Pages
      • Subjects:
      American History: General Interest, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations
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    American History: General Interest, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations
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    Good Citizenship in America describes a civic ideal of who enjoys membership in the state and what obligations that entails, and traces its history in America. Until 1865, this ideal called for virtuous political behavior (republicanism) but extended the franchise beyond early republican expectations (democracy). The book follows the widening of the franchise to women and people of color and to those with little or no property following economic development post 1865. In the twentieth century, the civic ideal was influenced by the increase of consumerism, its peak after World War II, and its subsequent decline. More recent citizenship, informed by environmental problems and growing global Darwinism, places a bigger and bigger emphasis on the 'economic conscience'. This is an easily accessible analysis of civic trends in America, and one that highlights much of what is decent in American life.

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    "[David Ricci] often brings some interesting discussion and useful distinctions for concepts[...]Ricci's original approach clearly links citizenship studies with early American history[...]this book will be useful for undergraduate students in these two disciplines."
    -Yves Laberge, Political Studies Review

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