Politics of Individualism Parties and the American Character in the Jacksonian Era

Name: Politics of Individualism Parties and the American Character in the Jacksonian Era
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ISBN: 9780195067811

ISBN-10: 0195067819

ISBN-13: 9780195067811

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Lawrence Frederick Kohl

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In the fifty years following the Revolution, America's population nearly quadrupled, its boundaries expanded, industrialization took root in the Northeast, new modes of transportation flourished, state banks proliferated and offered easy credit to eager entrepreneurs, and Americans found themselves in the midst of an accelerating age of individualism, equality, and self-reliance. To the Jacksonian generation, it seemed as if their world had changed practically overnight. ThePolitics of Individualism looks at the political manifestations of these staggering social transformations. During the 1830s and 1840s, Americans were consumed by politics and party loyalties were fierce. Here, Kohl…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/7/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.51" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Introduction Politics, Society, and the Individual in the Jacksonian Era



Two World Views



The Jacksonian World



The Whig World



The Dialogue of Parties



Private and Public: The Individual and Society



Economic Inequality: The Individual and the Social Hierarchy


Conclusion


Notes


Index