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Book SynopsisRepresentation is integral to the study of legislatures, yet virtually no attention has been given to how representative assemblies developed and what that process might tell us about how the relationship between the representative and the represented evolved.
The Rise of the Representative corrects that omission by tracing the development of representative assemblies in colonial America.
Trade ReviewThe Rise of the Representative demonstrates that there is considerable untapped information on colonial legislatures, there is a lot to learn from this information, and taking the time to probe this era will greatly enhance our understanding of the type of legislative politics that emerged in the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary period. Well-developed and well-written, it will become an instant classic."" - Lawrence C. Dodd, University of Florida
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. . . a unique and well-researched effort to chart out vitally important but largely unexamined terrain in the study of American legislatures. I suspect that virtually every scholar of American politics would benefit from reading this book, and would have to revise some of their understanding of the origins of American politics."" - Jeffery Jenkins, University of Virginia
