@article{1389224,
      recid = {1389224},
      author = {Hood, Clifton,},
      title = {In pursuit of privilege : a history of New York City's  upper class & the making of a Metropolis /},
      pages = {xviii, 488 pages :},
      abstract = {"A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In  Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New Yorkers'  struggle to create a distinct world guarded against  outsiders, even as economic growth and democratic  opportunity enabled aspirants to gain entrance. Despite  their efforts, New York City's upper class has been drawn  into the larger story of the city both through class  conflict and through their role in building New York's  cultural and economic foundations. In Pursuit of Privilege  describes the famous and infamous characters and events at  the center of this extraordinary history, from the elite  families and wealthy tycoons of the eighteenth and  nineteenth centuries to the Wall Street executives of  today. From the start, upper-class New Yorkers have been  open and aggressive in their behavior, keen on attaining  prestige, power, and wealth. Clifton Hood sharpens this  characterization by merging a history of the New York  economy in the eighteenth century with the story of Wall  Street's emergence as an international financial center in  the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well  as the dominance of New York's financial and service  sectors in the 1980s. Bringing together several decades of  upheaval and change, he shows that New York's upper class  did not rise exclusively from the Gilded Age but rather  from a relentless pursuit of privilege, affecting not just  the urban elite but the city's entire cultural, economic,  and political fabric."--Publisher's description},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1389224},
}