American chameleon : individualism in trans-national context / / edited by Richard O. Curry and Lawrence B. Goodheart

• Pubblicazione: Kent, OH, : Kent State University Press, c1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 pages)
• Disciplina: 302.54
• Soggetto topico: Individualism; Social values
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions; United States Politics and government 19th century
• Altri autori: CurryRichard Orr GoodheartLawrence B. <1944->
• 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 ""
• Titolo autorizzato: American chameleon
• ISBN: 1-61277-055-X; 0-585-22764-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825770003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II