The Organization of American Culture, 1700-1900 : : Private Institutions, Elites, and the Origins of American Nationality /

The Organization of American Culture, 1700-1900 : : Private Institutions, Elites, and the Origins of American Nationality / / Peter D. Hall.

Nationality, argues Peter Hall, did not follow directly from the colonists' declatation of independence from England, nor from the political union of the states under the Constitution of 1789. It was, rather, the product of organizations which socialized individuals to a national outlook. These...

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Hall, Peter D.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1982]
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Year of Publication:1982
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Organization of American Culture
  • Part One: The Crisis of the Old Order
  • CHAPTER ONE New England and America in the 1780s: Prospect and Retrospect
  • CHAPTER TWO The Institutional Crisis of Eighteenth- Century New England
  • CHAPTER THREE The Social Basis of Collective Action
  • CHAPTER FOUR The Merchants of New England: Strategy and Structure
  • Part Two: The Reorganization of American Culture
  • CHAPTER FIVE Beyond Tradition: Order and Authority in the New Republic
  • CHAPTER SIX Corporations, Equity, and Trusts: Legal Instruments and the Foundations of Private Authority
  • CHAPTER SEVEN The Standing Order as the Guardian of Science: The Foundations of Professional Authority in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 1700-1830
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Institutions, Autonomy, and National Networks: The Resocialization of the American People
  • CHAPTER NINE Class and Character in Boston: A Pattern of Regional Integration
  • Part Three: The Reintegration of Authority and the Organizational Foundation of the National Order
  • CHAPTER TEN The Ante-Bellum Period: Prospect and Retrospect
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN The Civil War and the Moral Revolution: The Emergence of a National Elite
  • CHAPTER TWELVE Towards a Meshing of Patterns: The Nationalization of Business and Culture
  • Conclusion: The Promise of American Life
  • Notes
  • Index

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