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The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600-1870 /

"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 socia...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mandell, Daniel R., 1956- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.