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Carnival and Caucus: A Typology for Comparative Frontier History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Richard Hogan
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As Dykstra and Silag (1985) have noted, the analysis of American frontier towns continues to yield a plethora of local histories that might provide an empirical basis for generalization, if a theoretical basis for comparative analysis might be offered. The development of a rigorous methodology for historiographie and statistical analysis has facilitated the accumulation of empirical evidence, but the analysis of local history has not advanced far beyond the initial debate regarding the basis for democratic governance (Taylor, 1956). Instead, two research traditions have developed—one seeking to identify the socio-cultural basis for community solidarity, the other focusing on the partisan struggles that shape democratic governance.

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Social Science History , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Summer 1987 , pp. 139 - 167
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copyright © Social Science History Association 1987 

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