| The original Western nineteenth-century route to modernization was associated with laissez-faire capitalism, individualism, and democracy. |
| This individualism was perhaps a natural reflex of an economy bursting forth from its medieval limitations. |
| The celebration of rugged individualism during westward expansion in the mid-1800s surely had a lasting influence as well. |
| But while it created room for the diffusion of authority it did not have a place for individualism. |
| Authoritative parents respect children's individualism while insisting they meet reasonable requirements. |
| Many of its adherents promoted the individualism and lay preaching that Edwards so deplored. |
