Politics of individualism : parties and the American character in the Jacksonian era /

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In this book Lawrence Frederick Kohl looks at the political manifestations of the staggering social changes that transformed America in the fifty years following the Revolution. He draws on the political rhetoric found in speeches, newspapers, periodicals, and pamphlets to place the Democrats and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kohl, Lawrence Frederick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Temas:
1800-1899
Political parties > United States > History > 19th century.
Political oratory > United States > History > 19th century.
Éloquence politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY.
Political oratory
Political parties
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1829-1837.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1829-1837.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Politics, society, and the individual in the Jacksonian era
  • The emergence of individualism
  • The politics of individualism
  • The Jacksonian world
  • Victims and victimizers
  • The fettered and the free
  • Outsiders and insiders
  • The need for reassurance
  • The search for understanding
  • The roots of policy
  • The Whig world
  • The sense of confidence
  • The problem of self-control
  • Individualism and interdependence
  • The need for reassurance
  • The search for understanding
  • The roots of policy
  • Private and public : the individual and society
  • Private and public
  • The efficacy of public action
  • The purity of public action
  • Unity and union
  • Public order : the individual and the rule of law
  • Coercion vs. voluntarism
  • Personal will and the rule of law
  • Higher law and the rule of law
  • The Constitution
  • Economic inequality : the individual and the social hierarchy
  • The creation of wealth
  • The distribution of wealth
  • The consequences of economic inequality
  • The appeal of economic argument.

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