The American and British Debate Over Equality, 1776-1920

The American and British Debate Over Equality, 1776-1920
Author: James L. Huston
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0807167452

The American and British Debate Over Equality, 1776–1920 examines comparisons between American ideals of a classless society and the contrasting British class system, which accepted the existence of inequalities. When the United States declared political independence in 1776, they also announced repudiation of social institutions based on inequality, opting instead for (an ill-defined) equality. British travelers to the United States after 1776 and up to 1920 continuously wrote about how equality was faring in the United States and compared it to the operation of inequality in England, Scotland, and Ireland. They laid bare the actual outcomes of a system of equality versus one of inequality; this was no theoretical, intellectual exercise but instead constituted a recording of actual human practices. By the end of the nineteenth century, the defects of a system of inequality became clear in manners, social interchanges between income classes, general education levels, religious convictions, and the general energy of a people. The exploration of these nineteenth-century comparisons has great relevance for today's persistent debates about social inequities and their solutions.

Three Years in North America

Three Years in North America
Author: James Stuart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 680
Release: 1833
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Excerpt from Three Years in North America, Vol. 2 of 2 New Orleans - Details of New Orleans - Booty and Beauty, the Watchword of the British Army - History of Louisiana, and of the French Territory on the Mississippi Treaty between Buonaparte and the American Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Classified Catalogue

Classified Catalogue
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1124
Release: 1914
Genre: Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
ISBN: