{"product_id":"the-lost-tradition-of-economic-equality-in-america-16001870-9781421437118","title":"The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important examination of the foundational American ideal of economic equalityand how we lost it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Missouri Conference on History Book Award for 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 16001870\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMandell 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMandell successfully recovers the often obscured legacy of economic equality and moral economy that emerged from the English Civil War, as it informed debates about proper republican polity during the American Revolution . . . Highly recommended.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidening economic inequality has been one of the most striking and significant problems facing the United States during the past half-century . . . Mandell's useful book belongs on the reading lists of the scholars, elected officials, and others who will be engaged with figuring out a path ahead.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecialists and researchers will find Mandell's sophisticated and insightful analysis deeply engaging, yet the book's writing is so clear that it could be assigned to advanced undergraduates. The fact that economic inequality is one of the great issues of the twenty-first century makes \u003ci\u003eLost Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e especially timely and important.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMandell usefully recovers the many and varied attempts to forge a link between economic and political equality in American culture from colonial times to the Reconstruction era, and he reminds readers that there have been numerous cries for greater economic justice since.\u003cbr\u003e—Rowena Olegario, University of Oxford, \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. English Origins\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Indians and Anglo-American Egalitarianism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Revolutionary Ideologies and Regulations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Wealth and Power in the Early Republic\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Raising Republican Children\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Clashes over America's Political Economy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Separating Property and Polity \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Reviving the Tradition\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Reconstruction and the Rejection of Economic Equality\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408137134423,"sku":"9781421437118","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421437118.jpg?v=1730501721","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lost-tradition-of-economic-equality-in-america-16001870-9781421437118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}