Ruling America : a history of wealth and power in a democracy / edited by Steve Fraser & Gary Gerstle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fraser, Steve, 1945-

Gerstle, Gary, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--United States--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

Social classes--Political aspects--United States--History.

Social classes.

Power (Social sciences)--United States--History.

Power (Social sciences).

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

History of wealth and power in a democracy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / Fraser, Steve / Gerstle, Gary

1. The Dilemmas of Ruling Elites in Revolutionary America / Kornblith, Gary J. / Murrin, John M.

2. The "Slave Power" in the United States, 1783-1865 / Rothman, Adam

3. Merchants and Manufacturers in the Antebellum North / Beckert, Sven

4. Gilded Age Gospels / Nasaw, David

5. The Abortive Rule of Big Money / Dawley, Alan

6. The Managerial Revitalization of the Rich / Lears, Jackson

7. The Foreign Policy Establishment / Hodgson, Godfrey

8. Conservative Elites and the Counterrevolution against the New Deal / Lind, Michael

Coda: Democracy in America / Fraser, Steve / Gerstle, Gary

Notes

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674263598

0674263596

9780674037199

0674037197

OCLC:

923109786