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The Politics of Individualism : Parties and the American Character in the Jacksonian Era.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1991Copyright date: ©1991Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195361834
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics of IndividualismDDC classification:
  • 781.643097
LOC classification:
  • JK2260.K65 1991
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 PARTIES -- 3. Private and Public: The Individual and Society -- Private 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 -- W.
Summary: 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 the Whigs in a solid social and psychological context, bringing us new insight into the politics and people of Jacksonian America.
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Intro -- 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 PARTIES -- 3. Private and Public: The Individual and Society -- Private 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 -- W.

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 the Whigs in a solid social and psychological context, bringing us new insight into the politics and people of Jacksonian America.

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