| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Politics, society, and the individual in the Jacksonian era -- The emergence of individualism -- The politics of individualism -- 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 -- 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 -- Private and public : the individual and society -- Private and public -- The efficacy of public action -- The purity of public action -- Unity and union -- 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 -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political parties -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Political parties. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Political oratory. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1829-1837 |
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1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kohl, Lawrence Frederick. Politics of individualism. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991 0195067819 9780195067811 (OCoLC)27316397 |
| ISBN |
9780198022053 (electronic book) |
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0198022050 (electronic book) |
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