The lost tradition of economic equality in America, 1600-1870 /Daniel R. Mandell.

By:

Mandell, Daniel R, 1956- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781421437125

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HN90 .L678 2020

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Contents:

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.

Subject: "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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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.

"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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