Washington County: Politics and Community in Antebellum America

In the 1850s, Washington County, Oregon, gathered together a broad cross-section of antebellum America. More than that, however, it left for historians a rare opportunity to explore political, social, and cultural trends in American history due to its unique practice of viva voce voting--announcing individual ballots publicly rather than recording them in secret. Paul Bourke and Donald DeBats tap into this remarkable resource to reveal how individual political identities developed and political choices were made.

Author: Paul Bourke, Donald A. Debats
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 06/10/1998
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.84h x 5.70w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780801859465

About the Author

Paul Bourke is professor of history in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. Donald DeBats is professor of American Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.

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