03773nam 2200649 450 991045861830332120200520144314.01-280-52553-30-19-802205-097866105255390-19-536183-0(CKB)1000000000402153(EBL)273140(OCoLC)437173409(SSID)ssj0000364509(PQKBManifestationID)12132611(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364509(PQKBWorkID)10413453(PQKB)11048359(MiAaPQ)EBC4701875(MiAaPQ)EBC273140(Au-PeEL)EBL4701875(CaPaEBR)ebr11273319(OCoLC)276803032(EXLCZ)99100000000040215320161012h19891989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of individualism parties and the American character in the Jacksonian era /Lawrence Frederick KohlNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1989.©19891 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505374-5 0-19-506781-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Politics, Society, and the Individual in the Jacksonian Era; The Emergence of Individualism; The Politics of Individualism; PART ONE: TWO WORLD VIEWS; 1. 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; 2. 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; PART TWO: THE DIALOGUE OF PARTIES3. Private and Public: The Individual and SocietyPrivate and Public; The Efficacy of Public Action; The Purity of Public Action; Unity and Union; 4. 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; 5. 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; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; WIn the fifty years following the Revolution, America's population nearly quadrupled, its boundaries expanded, industrialization took root in the Northeast, new modes of transportation flourished, state banks proliferated and offered easy credit to eager entrepreneurs, and Americans foundthemselves in the midst of an accelerating age of individualism, equality, and self-reliance. To the Jacksonian generation, it seemed as if their world had changed practically overnight. The Politics of Individualism looks at the political manifestations of these staggering social transformations. During the 1Political partiesUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical oratoryUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1829-1837Electronic books.Political partiesHistoryPolitical oratoryHistory324.273/09Kohl Lawrence Frederick971937MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458618303321The politics of individualism2209808UNINA