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edocfu_9958351938402883
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780674037199
Content:
This book offers a panoramic history of our country's ruling elites from the time of the American Revolution to the present. At its heart is the greatest of American paradoxes: How have tiny minorities of the rich and privileged consistently exercised so much power in a nation built on the notion of rule by the people? In a series of thought-provoking essays, leading scholars of American history examine every epoch in which ruling economic elites have shaped our national experience.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction /
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1. The Dilemmas of Ruling Elites in Revolutionary America /
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2. The "Slave Power" in the United States, 1783–1865 /
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3. Merchants and Manufacturers in the Antebellum North /
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4. Gilded Age Gospels /
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5. The Abortive Rule of Big Money /
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6. The Managerial Revitalization of the Rich /
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7. The Foreign Policy Establishment /
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8. Conservative Elites and the Counterrevolution against the New Deal /
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Coda: Democracy in America /
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contributors --
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Index.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674037199
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037199
