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03677aam a2200409 i 4500 001 FB430A42199211EFAA2C9EE853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240524010037 008 230223t20222022nju b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2022939294 020 $a 0691226318 020 $a 9780691226316 035 $a (OCoLC)1290430544 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $e rda $d BTCAT $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JC571 $b .Z333 2022 082 04 $a 302.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Zakaras, Alex, $d 1976- $e author. 245 14 $a The roots of American individualism : $b political myth in the age of Jackson / $c Alex Zakaras 246 30 $a Political myth in the age of Jackson 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a x, 418 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-397) and index. 505 00 $t Index $t 1 Introduction -- $t 2 Foundational myths -- $t Part I. The independent proprietor -- $t 3 Republican origins -- $t 4 Jacksonian independence -- $t 5 Democracy -- $t Part II. The rights-bearer -- $t 6 Producers' rights -- $t 7 The free market -- $t 8 Rights against slavery -- $t Part III. The self-made man -- $t 9 Freedom in the conservative mind -- $t Part IV. Aftermath -- $t 10 Industrialization -- $t 11 Conclusions -- $t Appendix: On the meaning(s) of individualism -- $t Notes -- $t Index 520 $a A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today's divided public square. Individualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corporations, or intolerant majorities. The Roots of American Individualism traces the origins of individualist ideas to the turbulent political controversies of the Jacksonian era (1820-1850) and explores their enduring influence on American politics and culture. Alex Zakaras plunges readers into the spirited and rancorous political debates of Andrew Jackson's America, drawing on the stump speeches, newspaper editorials, magazine articles, and sermons that captivated mass audiences and shaped partisan identities. He shows how these debates popularized three powerful myths that celebrated the young nation as an exceptional land of liberty: the myth of the independent proprietor, the myth of the rights-bearer, and the myth of the self-made man. The Roots of American Individualism reveals how generations of politicians, pundits, and provocateurs have invoked these myths for competing political purposes. Time and again, the myths were used to determine who would enjoy equal rights and freedoms and who would not. They also conjured up heavily idealized, apolitical visions of social harmony and boundless opportunity, typically centered on the free market, that have distorted American political thought to this day. 600 10 $a Jackson, Andrew, $d 1767-1845. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States. 650 0 $a Individualism $z United States. 650 0 $a Individualism $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1815-1861. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Zakaras, Alex, 1976- $t Roots of American individualism. $d Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022] $z 9780691226309 $w (OCoLC)1333084675 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010848.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB430A42199211EFAA2C9EE853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search