The Myth of American Individualism: The Protestant Origins of American Political Thought (Princeton paperbacks)

by Barry Alan Shain (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $53.43

  This work reconsiders what early Americans meant by such basic political concepts as the public good, liberty and slavery. It questions whether 18th-century Americans understood these terms in an individualistic manner, revealing an understanding based on reformed Protestant communalism.