Prairie Republic

Examines the values we like to think were at work during the founding of America’s western states. Taking Dakota Territory as a laboratory for examining a formative stage of western politics, Jon Lauck finds that settlers from New England and the Midwest invoked democratic practices as guiding principles in the drive for South Dakota statehood.

Examineaza valorile despre care ne place sa credem ca au functionat in timpul fondarii statelor occidentale ale Americii. Luand Teritoriul Dakota ca laborator pentru examinarea unei etape formative a politicii occidentale, Jon Lauck constata ca colonistii din New England si Midwest au invocat practicile democratice ca principii calauzitoare in impulsul pentru statul Dakota de Sud.