Title The myth of American individualism : the Protestant origins of American political thought / Barry Alan Shain

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1994] Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994] ©1994 ©1994

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Description xix, 394 pages ; 25 cm Contents Pt. 1. Standing : the public good, the individual, and the community -- Ch. 1. Three discourses in defense of the public good -- Ch. 2. A sketch of 18th-century American communalism -- Ch. 3. Localism and the myth of American individualism -- Ch. 4. Three leading views of the individual, plus one -- Pt. 2. The meaning of liberty in the revolutionary era -- Ch. 5. A delusive similarity : (ordered) liberty and freedom -- Ch. 6. Spiritual liberty : the quintessential liberty -- Ch. 7. Corporate liberty : political and civil -- Ch. 8. The concept of slavery : liberty's antithesis Analysis Community participation History, Pre-1801 Liberty Overseas item Protestantism Public interest Slavery State and the individual United States Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-377) and index Subject Common good -- History -- 18th century. Communities -- History -- 18th century. Individualism -- United States -- History -- 18th century. Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century. LC no. 94015826 ISBN 069103382X (hardback) 9780691033822 (hardback)

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