The Vermont Papers (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Bryan
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Political manifesto
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Politics, Education or educators, New England, Democracy, Courts or courtrooms, Taxation, Vermont
Frank Bryan’s and John McClaughry’s recipe for rejuvenating democracy is of, by, and for Vermont. The authors are a University of Vermont political science professor and a state senator from Kirby, respectively. The book was designed in Montpelier, typeset in Barre, and printed in Brattleboro. Furthermore, it is dedicated to that quintessential Vermont renegade, Ethan Allen The authors propose a reorganization of Vermont polity by which many of the functions of state government would devolve upon smaller units to be called “shires,” a term symbolizing for Bryan and McClaughry...
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