TY - BOOK AU - Roney,Jessica C. ED - Project Muse. TI - Governed by a spirit of opposition: the origins of American political practice in colonial Philadelphia T2 - Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia SN - 9781421415284 AV - F158.4 .R66 2014 U1 - 974.8/11 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General KW - HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) KW - Political culture KW - Pennsylvania KW - Philadelphia KW - History KW - Democracy KW - Community life KW - Associations, institutions, etc KW - Civic leaders KW - Municipal government KW - Citizen participation KW - Political participation KW - Philadelphia (Pa.) KW - Politics and government KW - 18th century KW - 17th century KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; "Named Before Thou Wert Born" : A City Imagined, 1682-1700 -- Intoxicated With Power : The Rise and Limits of the Philadelphia Corporation -- Intended for a General Benefit : The Rise of a New Civic Technology -- Amidst "Rancour and Party hatred" : A Changing Civic Landscape -- Lending in Plain Sight : Covert Banks -- Private Men Interfering with Matters of Government : Taking Over From the State -- Mars Ascendant : A Revolution in Arms -- Epilogue UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421415284/ ER -