TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mandell,Daniel R.
TI  - The lost tradition of economic equality in America, 1600-1870 /Daniel R. Mandell
SN  - 9781421437125
AV  - HN90 .L678 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Equality
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; English origins --; Indians and Anglo-American egalitarianism --; Revolutionary ideologies and regulations --; Wealth and power in the early republic --; Raising republican children --; Clashes over America's political economy --; Separating property and polity --; Reviving the tradition --; Reconstruction and the rejection of economic equality; 2; b
N2  - "This book chronicles the decline of the American foundational idea that a relative equality of wealth for citizens is essential to a well-functioning republican government. The author explains how egalitarianism gave way over time to an acceptance of economic disparity and hierarchy as a social reality in American society. The book provides a historical perspective on the gap between rich and poor that characterizes the contemporary United States"--
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