May 16, 1974: In this lecture, Seymour Matin Lipset explains what "equality" has meant in the American ideology, how it differs from "equality" under socialism or in Europe, and how attitudes have changed and been challenged up until the mid-1970s.

In 1974, transcripts were available by mail for a small fee. Today, they're available to you for free at this link: https://goo.gl/NJ2iur

Lecturer:
Seymour Martin Lipset — professor of government and sociology, Harvard University

Lecture delivered at The Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan

Host:
Vermont C. Royster

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