TY - BOOK ID - 137720802 TI - The lost tradition of economic equality in America, 1600-1870 PY - 2020 SN - 1421437120 PB - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Equality KW - Social classes KW - Income distribution KW - History. KW - United States KW - Economic conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137720802 AB - "This book chronicles the decline of the American foundational idea that a relative equality of wealth for citizens is essential to a well-functioning republican government. The author explains how egalitarianism gave way over time to an acceptance of economic disparity and hierarchy as a social reality in American society. The book provides a historical perspective on the gap between rich and poor that characterizes the contemporary United States"-- ER -