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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778735403321

Titolo

American chameleon : individualism in trans-national context / / editors, Richard O. Curry, Lawrence B. Goodheart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, OH : , : Kent State University Press, , 1991

ISBN

1-61277-055-X

0-585-22764-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

CurryRichard Orr

GoodheartLawrence B. <1944->

Disciplina

302.54

Soggetti

Individualism

Social values

United States Social conditions

United States Politics and government 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Individualism in Trans-National Context ""; ""The Emergence of an Individualistic Ethos in American Society ""; ""Religion and Individualism in Early America ""; ""Individualism in the Early Republic ""; ""The Slow Triumph of Liberal Individualism: Law and Politics in New York, 1780-1860  ""; ""The Right to Self-Government: Anti-Institutionalism and Individualism in Abolitionist Thought ""; ""From Assertiveness to Individualism: The Difficult Path from Slavery to Freedom ""

""The Ambiguity of Individualism: The National Liberal League's Challenge to the Comstock Law """"Can a Woman Be an Individual? The Discourse of Self-Reliance ""; ""Individualism and National Identity ""; ""A Confusion of Voices: The Crisis of Individualism in Twentieth-Century America ""; ""Notes ""; ""Suggested Reading ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Index ""