The Pursuit of Equality in American History Second edition Revised and Enlarged

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Since the Declaration of Independence equality has been Americas primary moral commitment. But equality of what? and for whom? In this completely revised second edition the British historian J. R. Pole examines the concept of equality in American political legal and social thought. Applying psychological as well as historical analysis he addresses the meaning of equality for Americans of different occupational class ethnicity religion and gender. While J.R. Pole draws on many fieldsreligion law intellectual history economicsThe Pursuit of Equality in American History is best described as an account of Americas moral history.