@article{1478404, author = {Beckert, Sven, and Dawley, Alan, and Fraser, Steve, and Fraser, Steve, and Gerstle, Gary, and Gerstle, Gary, and Hodgson, Godfrey, and Kornblith, Gary J., and Lears, Jackson, and Lind, Michael, and Murrin, John M., and Nasaw, David, and Rothman, Adam, }, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478404}, title = {Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy /}, abstract = {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.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037199}, recid = {1478404}, pages = {1 online resource (384 p.)}, }