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050 4 _aJK2260.K65 1991
082 0 _a781.643097
100 1 _aKohl, Lawrence Frederick.
245 1 4 _aThe Politics of Individualism :
_bParties and the American Character in the Jacksonian Era.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press, Incorporated,
_c1991.
264 4 _c©1991.
300 _a1 online resource (279 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aIn 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPolitical parties--United States--History--19th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKohl, Lawrence Frederick
_tThe Politics of Individualism
_dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c1991
_z9780195067811
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4701875
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