The soul's economy : market society and selfhood in American thought, 1820-1920 / Jeffrey Sklansky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sklansky, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations--United States--History--19th century.

Industrial relations.

Industrial relations--United States--History--20th century.

Capitalism--United States--History--19th century.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--United States--History--20th century.

Industrialization--United States--History--19th century.

Industrialization.

Social classes--United States--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Social classes--United States--History--20th century.

United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

United States.

United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.

United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracing a seismic shift in American thought, Jeffrey Slansky offers a new synthesis of the intellectual transformation entailed in the rise of industrial capitalism.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Political Economy in Revolutionary America; 2. Transcendental Psychology in Antebellum New England; 3. Antebellum Origins of American Sociology; 4. The Postbellum Crisis of Political Economy; 5. The "New Psychology" of the Gilded Age; 6. The Sociological Turn in Progressive Social Science; 7. Corporate Capitalism and the Social Self; Conclusion; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-301) and index.

ISBN:

9798890869845

9780807861431

080786143X

OCLC:

476237508