| Physical description |
383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-373) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Egalitarian Creed in America 1 -- 1 Fourth Great Awakening, the Political Realignment of the 1990s, and the Potential for Egalitarian Reform 15 -- 2 Technological Change, Cultural Transformations, and Political Crises 44 -- 3 Triumph of the Modern Egalitarian Ethic 84 -- 4 Egalitarian Revolution of the Twentieth Century 137 -- 5 Emergence of a Postmodern Egalitarian Agenda 176 -- Afterword: Whither Goes Our World? 236. |
| Summary |
In his most ambitious book since "Time on the Cross, " the Nobel Prize-winning economist looks to the nation's past to discover the strong link between technologically induced cycles of religiousness--or "awakenings"--in American history and attitudes toward poverty, education, and social equality. Line drawings. Tables. |
| Subject |
Equality -- United States.
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Evangelicalism -- United States.
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| Variant Title |
Fourth great awakening and the future of egalitarianism. |
| ISBN |
0226256626 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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