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03920aam a2200349 i 4500 001 1AE41454F77111ECB7578FA123ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220629010214 008 201014s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020045623 020 $a 1621965554 020 $a 9781621965558 035 $a (OCoLC)1200833449 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HN90.S6 $b B357 2021 100 1 $a Bankston, Carl L. $q (Carl Leon), $d 1952- $e author. $9 4252 245 10 $a American ideas of equality : $b a social history, 1750-2020 / $c Carl L. Bankston III 264 1 $a Amherst, New York : $b Cambria Press, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 309 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index 520 $a "Equality is a fundamental American value. The nation's Declaration of Independence declared equality as a self-evident foundation for political life and the pursuit of equality has continued to dominate policy debates in the twenty-first century. However, equality is a complex idea and it has had different meanings in different eras. Using a variety of data sources, this book describes how the views we hold regarding this fundamental national value developed as products of our cultural history from the origins of the American republic to 2020. It traces how cultural transmission, political and economic structures, and communication technology have shaped this core American value. The book begins with the early days of the American republic and follows ideological changes through the era of the self-made man, the rise of corporate society, the New Deal, the post-World War II era, and the era of Civil Rights. It ends with a detailed discussion of how this history has resulted in some of the most divisive political and social controversies of the twenty-first century. Most studies of equality have taken this as having a single, clear meaning. Most often, this has been either how much equality of opportunity exists now or has existed in the past, or how much equality of condition exists now or has existed in the past. They rarely consider that people can be equal or unequal in different ways, and that what we mean when we talk about equality or engage in debates about it has been shaped by historical experience. This book is a work of historical sociology that examines the forces that have shaped and re-shaped this fundamental cultural value. The book leads readers through an exploration of how different stages of American history have led to thinking about equality in terms of independence from hierarchy, the opportunity for self-creation, access to services and resources, widespread upward mobility, and equality across social categories. It takes a unique multi-disciplinary approach, combining intellectual and cultural history with political, economic, and sociological analysis. No other book offers this kind of analysis of the both the historical origins and contemporary consequences of a cultural concept at the core of American national life. American Ideas of Equality will interest academic researchers, students, and general readers interested in American studies; cultural, economic, and political history; political science; and sociology"-- 650 0 $a Equality $z United States. $9 32062 650 0 $a Social stratification $z United States $9 46435 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations. $9 1353 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions. $9 11469 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions. $9 12916 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bankston, Carl L. (Carl Leon), 1952- $t American ideas of equality $d Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2021] $z 9781621965930 $w (DLC) 2020045624 941 $a 1 952 $l GLAX641 $d 20231201010738.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1AE41454F77111ECB7578FA123ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search