Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy / ed. by Gary Gerstle, Steve Fraser.
Beckert, Sven, contributor.; Dawley, Alan, contributor.; Fraser, Steve, contributor.; Fraser, Steve, editor.; Gerstle, Gary, contributor.; Gerstle, Gary, editor.; Hodgson, Godfrey, contributor.; Kornblith, Gary J., contributor.; Lears, Jackson, contributor.; Lind, Michael, contributor.; Murrin, John M., contributor.; Nasaw, David, contributor.; Rothman, Adam, contributor.
2009
HN90.E4 -- R85 2005eb
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Title
Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy / ed. by Gary Gerstle, Steve Fraser.
ISBN
9780674037199
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (384 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674037199 doi
Call Number
HN90.E4 -- R85 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.5/2/0973
Summary
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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Added Author
Beckert, Sven, contributor.
Dawley, Alan, contributor.
Fraser, Steve, contributor.
Fraser, Steve, editor.
Gerstle, Gary, contributor.
Gerstle, Gary, editor.
Hodgson, Godfrey, contributor.
Kornblith, Gary J., contributor.
Lears, Jackson, contributor.
Lind, Michael, contributor.
Murrin, John M., contributor.
Nasaw, David, contributor.
Rothman, Adam, contributor.
Dawley, Alan, contributor.
Fraser, Steve, contributor.
Fraser, Steve, editor.
Gerstle, Gary, contributor.
Gerstle, Gary, editor.
Hodgson, Godfrey, contributor.
Kornblith, Gary J., contributor.
Lears, Jackson, contributor.
Lind, Michael, contributor.
Murrin, John M., contributor.
Nasaw, David, contributor.
Rothman, Adam, contributor.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. The Dilemmas of Ruling Elites in Revolutionary America
2. The "Slave Power" in the United States, 1783-1865
3. Merchants and Manufacturers in the Antebellum North
4. Gilded Age Gospels
5. The Abortive Rule of Big Money
6. The Managerial Revitalization of the Rich
7. The Foreign Policy Establishment
8. Conservative Elites and the Counterrevolution against the New Deal
Coda: Democracy in America
Notes
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
Contents
Introduction
1. The Dilemmas of Ruling Elites in Revolutionary America
2. The "Slave Power" in the United States, 1783-1865
3. Merchants and Manufacturers in the Antebellum North
4. Gilded Age Gospels
5. The Abortive Rule of Big Money
6. The Managerial Revitalization of the Rich
7. The Foreign Policy Establishment
8. Conservative Elites and the Counterrevolution against the New Deal
Coda: Democracy in America
Notes
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index