The war of the American Revolution

The war of the American Revolution
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Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 016080079X
ISBN-13 : 9780160800795
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis The war of the American Revolution by : Robert W. Coakley

The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600–1870

The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600–1870
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781421437125
ISBN-13 : 1421437120
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Synopsis The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600–1870 by : Daniel R. Mandell

An important examination of the foundational American ideal of economic equality—and how we lost it. Winner of the Missouri Conference on History Book Award for 2021 The United States has some of the highest levels of both wealth and income inequality in the world. Although modern-day Americans are increasingly concerned about this growing inequality, many nonetheless believe that the country was founded on a person's right to acquire and control property. But in The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600–1870, Daniel R. Mandell argues that, in fact, the United States was originally deeply influenced by the belief that maintaining a "rough" or relative equality of wealth is essential to the cultivation of a successful republican government. Mandell explores the origins and evolution of this ideal. He shows how, during the Revolutionary War, concerns about economic equality helped drive wage and price controls, while after its end Americans sought ways to maintain their beloved "rough" equality against the danger of individuals amassing excessive wealth. He also examines how, after 1800, this tradition was increasingly marginalized by the growth of the liberal ideal of individual property ownership without limits. This politically evenhanded book takes a sweeping, detailed view of economic, social, and cultural developments up to the time of Reconstruction, when Congress refused to redistribute plantation lands to the former slaves who had worked it, insisting instead that they required only civil and political rights. Informing current discussions about the growing gap between rich and poor in the United States, The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America is surprising and enlightening.

Report of the State Librarian

Report of the State Librarian
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Total Pages : 570
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112073639764
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Synopsis Report of the State Librarian by : Pennsylvania State Library

Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.