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Democracy in the Connecticut Frontier Town of Kent / Charles S. Grant.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia Studies in the Social Sciences ; 601Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1961]Copyright date: ©1961Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231908306
  • 9780231880701
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Part I: The Settlement of Kent -- Introduction -- 1. Preliminaries to Settlement -- 2. Settlement: The Speculative Settler Proprietors -- Part II. Economic Opportunity in Kent -- Economic Opportunity in Kent -- 3. The Drive for Profits -- 4. Threats to Economic Opportunity: Land Speculation and Absenteeism -- 5. Threats to Economic Opportunity: Debt at Kent and Her Neighboring Towns -- 6. Threats to Economic Opportunity: Poverty at Kent -- Part III. Political Democracy at Kent -- Introduction -- 7. The Freemen at Kent -- 8. The Role of Kent Freemen in Colony Government -- 9. Local Democracy: The Town-Meeting Voter and Town Government -- Part IV: Social Democracy at Kent -- Introduction -- 10. The Town Leaders of Kent -- 11. "Steady Habits" at Kent -- Conclusion: Democracy at Kent -- Appendix I: Chronological Summary of Kent History -- Appendix II: Original Proprietary Shares -- Appendix III: Kent's First Settlers, December 1, 1739 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Examines the economic opportunity and democracy in the town of Kent, Connecticut during the eighteenth century.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Part I: The Settlement of Kent -- Introduction -- 1. Preliminaries to Settlement -- 2. Settlement: The Speculative Settler Proprietors -- Part II. Economic Opportunity in Kent -- Economic Opportunity in Kent -- 3. The Drive for Profits -- 4. Threats to Economic Opportunity: Land Speculation and Absenteeism -- 5. Threats to Economic Opportunity: Debt at Kent and Her Neighboring Towns -- 6. Threats to Economic Opportunity: Poverty at Kent -- Part III. Political Democracy at Kent -- Introduction -- 7. The Freemen at Kent -- 8. The Role of Kent Freemen in Colony Government -- 9. Local Democracy: The Town-Meeting Voter and Town Government -- Part IV: Social Democracy at Kent -- Introduction -- 10. The Town Leaders of Kent -- 11. "Steady Habits" at Kent -- Conclusion: Democracy at Kent -- Appendix I: Chronological Summary of Kent History -- Appendix II: Original Proprietary Shares -- Appendix III: Kent's First Settlers, December 1, 1739 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Examines the economic opportunity and democracy in the town of Kent, Connecticut during the eighteenth century.

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In English.

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