TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The lost tradition of economic equality in America, 1600-1870
A1  - Mandell, Daniel R., 1956- kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5457786
AB  - "This book chronicles the decline of the American foundational idea that a relative equality of wealth for citizens is essential to a well-functioning republican government. The author explains how egalitarianism gave way over time to an acceptance of economic disparity and hierarchy as a social reality in American society. The book provides a historical perspective on the gap between rich and poor that characterizes the contemporary United States"--
SN  - 978-1-4214-3711-8 sidottu
SN  - 1-4214-3711-2 sidottu
KW  - Equality : United States : History.
KW  - Social classes : United States : History.
KW  - Income distribution : United States : History.
KW  - United States : Economic conditions : To 1865.
ER  -