The perception of nineteenth - centurv Americans of the relationship between the individual and collective was neither static nor monolithic .
They did share many common points of agreement and sought to refashion and merge a common republic heritage with a competing but at times complementary liberal perspective. Z9
The perception of nineteenth - centurv Americans of the relationship between the individual and collective was neither static nor monolithic although they did share many common points of agreement and sought to refashion and merge a common republic heritage with a competing but at times complementary liberal perspective. Z9