During the constitutional reform movement in Rhode Island in the 1840s, radicals led by Thomas Dole bypassed Congress, established their own constitution and formed a government, which triggered an armed rebellion and political debate. Taking the political debate triggered by the Dole War in the United States as the starting point, this book examines in depth and detail the evolution of the connotations of core American political concepts such as "people", "majority rule" and "revolution", as well as the characteristics of American political culture in the early nineteenth century, revealing how two competing ideas reached a balance within the American political framework and profoundly shaped the path of political change. The book is divided into five chapters. The first chapter discusses the process of the increasingly unbalanced political landscape of Rhode Island and the gradual rise of the constitutional movement against the historical background of great economic and social changes from 1790 to 1840. The second chapter
在19世纪40年代美国罗得岛州的宪法改革运动中，以托马斯·多尔为首的激进派绕开议会，自行立宪并组建政府，由此引发了一场武装反叛和政治辩论。本书以美国多尔战争引发的政治辩论为切入点，深入细致地考察了“人民”“多数统治”“革命”等美国核心政治概念的内涵演变，以及十九世纪初美国政治文化的特点，揭示了两种相互竞争的理念是如何在美国政治框架内达成一种均衡，并深刻塑造了政治变革的道路。全书共分为五章。第一章讨论在1790—1840年经济和社会巨大变迁的历史背景中，罗得岛的政治格局日益失衡、立宪运动逐渐兴起的过程。第二
在19世纪40年代美国罗得岛州的宪法改革运动中，以托马斯·多尔为首的激进派绕开议会，自行立宪并组建政府，由此引发了一场武装反叛和政治辩论。本书以美国多尔战争引发的政治辩论为切入点，深入细致地考察了“人民”“多数统治”“革命”等美国核心政治概念的内涵演变，以及十九世纪初美国政治文化的特点，揭示了两种相互竞争的理念是如何在美国政治框架内达成一种均衡，并深刻塑造了政治变革的道路。全书共分为五章。第一章讨论在1790—1840年经济和社会巨大变迁的历史背景中，罗得岛的政治格局日益失衡、立宪运动逐渐兴起的过程。第二
