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Adams, John, 7

Affordable Care Act, 60, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120

Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933), 58

agriculture, 25, 26, 35, 43, 45, 56

Agriculture Department, 56

American Liberty League, 125

American Revolution, 6, 12, 16, 90, 94

antitrust laws, 56

Arieli, Yehoshua, 11, 42

Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology, 42

Bacon, Francis, 13

Ball, Robert, 64, 65

Beard, Charles, 4, 25, 29, 34–36, 42, 94, 101

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, 97

“The Myth of Rugged American Individualism,” 25, 29, 34–36

Beaumont, Gustave de, 20

Bellah, Robert, 2, 4, 21, 26, 44, 70, 73–74

Habits of the Heart, 26, 70, 73–74

Berkowitz, Edward, 60

Bible, 6, 7, 9, 17, 117

Bill of Rights, 6, 14, 15–16, 41, 97, 118

Booker, Cory, 79–80

Boone, Daniel, 17

Brown v. Board of Education, 100

Bryce, James, The American Commonwealth, 17

Burke, Edmund, 48

Bush, George W., 81, 87, 100, 110

Bush v. Gore, 100, 101

Califano, Joseph, Jr., 65

Carter, Jimmy, 66, 86–87

central planning, 42–44, 46, 70

Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas, 114

Chase, Stuart, 42

checks and balances, 16, 21, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 119

Chesterton, G. K., 12

Christianity, 6–8, 9, 10, 17, 117

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 101

civic education, 121

civil rights, 56, 63

Civil Rights Act (1964), 63

Civil War, 25, 26, 29, 56

Clayton Act (1914), 56

Clean Air Act (1970), 66

Clinton, Bill, 81, 82–83, 87

Clinton, Hillary, 82–83, 110, 123

Cold War, 72, 95

collectivism, 19, 70, 71, 74, 114–16, 124

college, “microaggressions” in, 111

colonial era, 5–24, 55, 81, 94, 99, 116–19

Columbus, Christopher, 93–94

Commager, Henry Steele, 47

“Farewell to Laissez-Faire,” 47, 50

Commerce Department, 56

Common Core, 87–88, 115–16

communism, 32

community, 74–75, 114, 116, 122

Congress, US, 15, 45, 56, 57, 58, 63, 68, 83, 84, 88, 98, 99, 101, 102, 110, 116

conservatism, 62, 66–70, 110

Constitution, US, 2, 3, 6, 12–16, 21, 35, 41, 56–57, 59, 81, 94, 96–102, 109, 118, 119, 121

rugged individualism and, 96–102

Coolidge, Calvin, 37, 38, 69

corporations, 36, 44, 45, 113–14

Crockett, Davy, 17

Croly, Herbert, 29–30

The Promise of American Life, 29

Dean, Howard, 84

Debs, Eugene, 95

Declaration of Independence, 5–6, 9, 12–14, 94, 96, 118

Delaware, 8

democracy, 2, 6, 18, 20–21, 29, 55, 97, 99, 102

Tocqueville and, 20–21

Democratic Party, 40, 44, 45, 79–80, 110

Denmark, 123

Depression, 30, 37–50, 71, 90, 123

deregulation, 68–69, 90

Dewey, John, 34, 36–37

Individualism Old and New, 36

due process, 14, 15

Duncan, Arne, 87

Eaton, Charles, 58

economics, 2, 3, 5, 9–11, 25

Depression, 37–50

of 1890–1940, 25–50

federal government growth and, 55–67

Friedman, and, 71–72

future of rugged individualism and, 107–28

income inequality, 89–93

laissez-faire, 31, 34, 47–50, 59, 90, 95, 108

modern era and, 55–78, 79–106

New Deal, 37–50, 55, 57–61

postwar, 61–62

Progressivism, 29–50, 55–67

Reagan Revolution, 67–70, 71, 73

shift from agrarian to industrial, 25, 26

education, 3, 36–37, 63, 64, 66–67, 68–69, 71, 81, 86–88, 92, 101, 109, 110, 120–21, 123

civic, 121

Common Core, 87–88, 115–16

Every Student Succeeds Act, 81, 88

No Child Left Behind, 81, 86–88, 110, 116

Progressivism and, 36–37

Education Department, 66–67, 68–69, 87

Egan, Timothy, 44

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 61–62

Electoral College, 100

Ely, Richard T., 28

Emanuel, Rahm, 58

energy crisis, of 1970s, 66

Enlightenment, 7–12, 13

environmentalism, 66

Epstein, Richard, 99

Europe, 2, 7, 8, 14, 18, 26, 28, 31, 32, 48, 50, 71, 122

philosophical individualism, 8–11

Every Student Succeeds Act, 81, 88

exceptionalism, 5, 27

executive power, 3, 123

Federalist Papers, 6, 16, 27, 118

Federal Reserve System, 56

feminism, 95

Ford, Gerald, 66

“forgotten man,” 41, 44–47, 50, 55, 59, 60, 63, 82

France, 8, 20, 74, 90, 107

Revolution, 90, 91

Franklin, Benjamin, 99

free markets, 10, 11, 43, 56, 60, 70, 102

Friedan, Betty, 95

Friedman, Milton, 62, 70–71, 73, 115

frontier, American, 12, 17–19, 25, 46, 62, 80, 94, 107, 108, 117, 122

closing of, 26–30

individualism takes root in, 17–19

rugged individualism and, 17–19, 25, 26–29, 94, 117

Fukuyama, Francis, 74–75

Gans, Herbert, 76

Gates, Bill, 91

gay marriage, 101

Germany, 8, 70

“gig economy,” 113–14

globalization, 125

Goldberg, Jonah, 125

gold standard, 66

Goldwater, Barry, 67, 69, 71, 73

Gore, Al, 80, 100

government, 8–11, 123–26

colonial era, 5–16, 55, 94, 99, 116–19

Constitution and rugged individualism, 96–102

of 1890–1940, 25–50

federal growth, 55–67

Friedman and, 71–72

future of rugged individualism and, 107–28

income inequality and, 89–93

modern era and, 55–78, 79–106

New Deal, 37–50, 55, 57–61

new frontiers and, 123–26

postwar, 61–62

Reagan Revolution, 67–70, 71, 73, 100

regulatory role of, 56–57

Grassley, Chuck, 84

Great Britain, 12, 13, 14, 16

Great Society, 3, 57, 62–65, 66, 67, 72–73, 81, 82, 83, 123

gross domestic product (GDP), 10, 55

gun rights, 15, 101, 109, 116

Halpin, John, 48

Hamilton, Alexander, 46, 116–17

Hamilton (musical), 116–17

Harger, Charles Moreau, 27

Harrington, Michael, 70, 72–73

The Other America, 72–73

Hartz, Louis, 5

Hayek, Friedrich, 5, 49

Road to Serfdom, 49, 70–71

Hayward, Steven F., The Age of Reagan, 69

Head Start, 63

health care, 3, 63, 64–65, 101, 109, 110, 119, 123, 125

Medicare and Medicaid, 63–65, 82

Obamacare, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120

helicopter parents, 111

Hill, Robert Tudor, 27

Hobbes, Thomas, 23n19

Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, 85

home schooling, 116

Hoover, Herbert, 2, 19, 31–34, 37–41, 46, 61, 67, 69, 74, 96, 118, 121

“American Individualism,” 31–33, 38, 56

The Challenge to Liberty, 33, 34

rugged individualism and, 31–34, 37–41, 44–47, 50, 56, 107–8, 121, 122

Hoover Commission, 61

Howell, William G., 99

Hyneman, Charles, 7

Ickes, Harold, 27–28, 39–40, 42

The New Democracy, 42–43, 49

immigration, 26, 28, 29, 115, 116

income inequality, 2, 3, 30, 36, 40, 48, 81, 89–93, 95, 96, 102, 109, 110, 112

individualism, 1–4, 5–24

birth of, in America, 5–24

colonial era, 5–24, 94, 99, 116–19

philosophical debates, 70–75

pre-American DNA of, 6–11

Tocqueville and, 20–21

See also rugged individualism

industry, 2, 25, 35, 37, 43, 45, 71, 95

growth of, 25, 26, 33, 35, 37, 46

inflation, 66

information age, 1, 40, 112–13

infrastructure, 35

Internet, 3, 112–13

Interstate Commerce Commission, 56

Japan, 124

Jefferson, Thomas, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 29, 46, 48, 118

Jobs, Steve, 91

Johnson, Lyndon, 3, 57, 62–65, 72, 75

Great Society, 62–65, 66, 72–73, 82, 83

Johnson, Ron, 86

Jones, Mary “Mother,” 95

Justice Department, 56

Katznelson, Ira, 58

Kennedy, John F., 62, 95

Kennedy, Ted, 87

Keynes, John Maynard, 48, 66

Kissinger, Henry, 1

Labor Department, 56

laissez faire economics, 31, 34, 47–50, 59, 90, 95, 108

land reform, 28–29

land speculation, 19

Lee, Henry, 14

Leroux, Pierre, 8

Levin, Yuval, The Fractured Republic, 124–25

Levinson, Sanford, Our Undemocratic Constitution, 97–98

Lincoln, Abraham, 33

Lipset, Seymour Martin, 5, 75

Locke, John, 7, 8–13, 23n19, 90

London, Jack, 95

Los Angeles, 115

Louisiana Purchase, 56

Lukes, Steven, 8

Lutz, Donald, 7

Madison, James, 8, 15–16, 27

Magna Carta, 14

Marxism, 36, 92, 95

Mason, George, 15

Medicaid, 63, 64–65, 82

Medicare, 63, 64–65, 82

Mexican War, 56

middle class, 90, 92

Mill, John Stuart, 49

“On Liberty,” 11

Principles of Political Economy, 49

modernity, 55–78, 79–106

Moe, Terry, 99

Montesquieu, 7

Mount, C. Eric, Jr., 6

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 72

multiculturalism, 115

Murray, Charles, 65

Myers, William Starr, 34

national debt, 67, 68

National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), 58

National Labor Relations Board, 58

National Popular Vote Bill, 100

networked individualism, 3, 112–14, 122

New Deal, 3, 25, 37–50, 55, 57–61, 63, 69, 71, 82, 89, 95, 107, 108, 123

New Jersey, 8

New Left, 3, 72–73, 75

Newton, Isaac, 13

New York, 15, 111

New York Times, 61, 98

Nixon, Richard, 44, 66

No Child Left Behind (NCLB), 81, 86–88, 110, 116

Northwest Ordinance, 56

nuclear weapons, 72

Obama, Barack, 4, 34, 57, 79, 80, 81–86, 87–88, 89, 107, 121–22

Obamacare, 60, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120

Ogilvy, Jay, 124

Pennsylvania, 8

pension crisis, 123–24

Pew Internet Project, 113

philosophy, 8–9, 70–73

debates about American individualism, 70–75

Piketty, Thomas, 2, 21, 80, 81, 89–93, 96

Capital in the Twenty-First Century, 81, 89

Pilgrims, 17

Plato, 14

politics, 2, 3, 9–11

Constitution and rugged individualism, 96–102

federal government growth and, 55–67

Friedman and, 71–72

future of rugged individualism and, 107–28

income inequality and, 89–93

modern era and, 55–78, 79–106

Progressive, 29–50, 55–67

Reagan Revolution, 67–70, 71, 73, 100

2016 presidential campaign, 108–10

Port Huron Statement, 72

positive declarations of rights, 14–16

poverty, 28, 63, 65, 72

Great Society and, 65, 72–73

private property, 8, 9, 10, 11, 92

Progressivism, 2, 3, 4, 19, 25, 29–50, 56, 71, 75, 79, 82, 95, 96, 101, 107, 108, 109, 110, 117, 120

rugged individualism undermined by, 29–50, 55–67

Prohibition, 57

Protestantism, 6–8, 11, 17

Puritans, 7

Putnam, Robert, 2, 4, 21, 70, 74, 111–13

Bowling Alone, 70, 74

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, 112

Race to the Top, 81, 87–88

racism, 63, 72

railroads, 35, 44, 45

Rainie (Lee) and Wellman (Barry), Networked: The New Social Operating System, 113

Rawls, John, Theory of Justice, 90

Reagan, Ronald, 57, 66–70, 71, 73, 75, 79, 87, 90, 95, 100, 121

Reagan Revolution, 57, 67–70, 71, 100

Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 38

religion, 6–8, 9–11, 15, 17, 22n11, 30, 101, 109, 116, 117

Renaissance, 6

republicanism, 13, 61

Republican Party, 40, 46, 110

Reston, James, 61

Roaring Twenties, 36

robber barons, 2, 47, 48, 101

Roosevelt, Franklin, 3, 25, 27, 34, 37–50, 61, 63, 66, 75, 82, 120

forgotten man and, 41, 44–47, 50, 55, 59, 60

New Deal, 37–50, 55, 57–61, 82

Roosevelt, Theodore, 17, 27, 34, 82

The Winning of the West, 17, 27

Rose, Todd, The End of Average, 122

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 8, 90

Roy, Avik, 84

“rugged” (term), 122–23

rugged individualism, 1–4

birth of, in America, 5–24

Constitution and, 96–102

Depression and, 37–50

education and, 86–88

of 1890–1940, 25–54

federal government growth and, 55–67

frontier and, 17–19, 25, 26–29, 94, 117

future of, 107–28

Hoover and, 31–34, 37–41, 44–47, 50, 56, 107–8, 121, 122

income inequality and, 89–93

matrix, 4

modern era and, 55–78, 79–106

Obamacare and, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120

optimism about, 112–17

pessimism about, 108–12

philosophical debates, 70–75

pre-American DNA of, 6–11

undermined by Progressivism, 29–50, 55–67

Zinn and, 93–96

Russia, 69, 86, 124

Sabato, Larry, A More Perfect Constitution, 98

Sanders, Bernie, 109, 110, 114, 123, 125

Scalia, Antonin, 84

Scottish Enlightenment, 8–11

Seidman, Michael, On Constitutional Disobedience, 98–99

Sherman Act (1890), 56

Siedentop, Larry, Inventing the Individual, 6

slavery, 56, 94

Smith, Adam, 9–11, 29, 49

Wealth of Nations, 9–10

socialism, 112

social media, 3, 112–13

Social Security, 60–61, 67, 71, 82, 116

Social Security Act (1935), 60, 65

sociology, 2–3, 70, 73–75

debate about individualism and public policy, 73–75

Sotomayor, Sonia, 59

Soule, George, 42

Sowell, Thomas, Intellectuals and Society, 80

startups, 113–14

Stegner, Wallace, 19

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 72

Sumner, William Graham, 44

Supreme Court, US, 56, 58, 59, 84, 100–102

taxation, 14, 44, 57, 60, 66, 74, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 109

Reagan cuts, 68–69

television, 3

Thatcher, Margaret, 90

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 2, 18, 19, 20–21, 73–74, 75, 102, 107, 108, 121

Democracy in America, 20–21

trial by jury, 15

Truman, Harry, 61, 82

Trump, Donald, 109–10, 125

Turner, Frederick Jackson, 18–19, 28, 31

“frontier thesis” of, 18

Twain, Mark, 50

Uber, 114

unemployment, 40, 45, 66, 72

urbanization, 27–28, 37

urban renewal, 63, 64

Vietnam War, 63, 72, 73

Virginia, 8, 15

volunteerism, 75, 114

voting rights, 56, 57, 63

Voting Rights Act (1965), 63

wage and price controls, 66

Wallace, Henry, 43

Walls, Stephanie, Individualism in the United States: A Transformation in American Political Thought, 2

Wall Street, 59

War on Poverty, 72–73

Washington, George, 7, 8, 11, 15

Watergate scandal, 66

Webster, Daniel, 7

welfare, 63, 64, 66, 72, 73, 81, 92, 125

West, 17–19, 25, 80, 108, 122

rugged individualism and, 17–19, 25, 26–29, 117

Weyl, Walter, 49

Williams, Conor P., 48

Wilson, James Q., 63–64

Wilson, Woodrow, 47–48, 98, 120

The Study of Administration, 43, 47–48

Wineburg, Sam, 93

Wisconsin, 18

World War I, 26, 31, 32, 89

World War II, 39, 61, 89, 95

Zinn, Howard, 80–81, 93–96

A People’s History of the United States, 81, 93–96