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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961581403321

Titolo

Realities of Representation : State Building in Early Modern Europe and European America / / edited by M. Jansson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786613839862

9781283527415

1283527413

9780230603653

0230603653

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JanssonMaija

Disciplina

909.08

940.2/3

Soggetti

Europe - History

History, Modern

America - History

Social history

Civilization - History

Historiography

History - Methodology

European History

Modern History

History of the Americas

Social History

Cultural History

Historiography and Method

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revisions of papers presented at a conference entitled Parliaments, Peoples, and Powers held at Yale University in 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Realities of Representation: State Building in Early Modern Europe and European America; EARLY MODERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN



AMERICA; Conclusion: New Approaches to Early Modern Representation; Afterword: Representative Government: How Sure a Thing?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an examination of the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including parliaments, riksdags and reichstags.