Author: William Augustus Mowry
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Recollections of a New England Educator, 1838-1908
Author: William Augustus Mowry
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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The Annual American Catalog, 1908
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Category : American imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Category : American imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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New England
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600–1870
Author: Daniel R. Mandell
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421437120
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
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.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421437120
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
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.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2250
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2250
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The Annual American Catalog, 1900-1909
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Bulletin (1901-195 )
Author: Brooklyn Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Left Back
Author: Diane Ravitch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743203267
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
In this authoritative history of American education reforms in this century, a distinguished scholar makes a compelling case that our schools fail when they consistently ignore their central purpose--teaching knowledge.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743203267
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
In this authoritative history of American education reforms in this century, a distinguished scholar makes a compelling case that our schools fail when they consistently ignore their central purpose--teaching knowledge.
The Social Sciences
Author: Chicago Public Library
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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The Social Sciences
Author:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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