In Pursuit of Privilege : A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis /
Hood, Clifton
In Pursuit of Privilege : A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis / Clifton Hood. - 1 online resource (512 p.) : 24 b&w illustrations
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 "The Best Mart on the Continent" -- 2 Uncertain Adjustments -- 3 Wealth -- 4 All for the Union -- 5 A Dynamic Businessman's Aristocracy -- 6 The Ways of Millionaireville -- 7 Making Spaces of Their Own -- 8 The Antielitist Elite -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations for Selected Manuscript Sources -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231172172 9780231542951
10.7312/hood17216 doi
2016008163
Elite (Social sciences)--History.--New York (State)--New York
Rich people--History.--New York (State)--New York
Upper class--History.--New York (State)--New York
HISTORY / United States / General.
F128.3 / .H68 2017 F128.3 / .H68 2017eb
974.7
In Pursuit of Privilege : A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis / Clifton Hood. - 1 online resource (512 p.) : 24 b&w illustrations
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 "The Best Mart on the Continent" -- 2 Uncertain Adjustments -- 3 Wealth -- 4 All for the Union -- 5 A Dynamic Businessman's Aristocracy -- 6 The Ways of Millionaireville -- 7 Making Spaces of Their Own -- 8 The Antielitist Elite -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations for Selected Manuscript Sources -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231172172 9780231542951
10.7312/hood17216 doi
2016008163
Elite (Social sciences)--History.--New York (State)--New York
Rich people--History.--New York (State)--New York
Upper class--History.--New York (State)--New York
HISTORY / United States / General.
F128.3 / .H68 2017 F128.3 / .H68 2017eb
974.7