Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy /
Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy /
ed. by Gary Gerstle, Steve Fraser.
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674037199
10.4159/9780674037199 doi
Democracy--United States.
Elite (Social sciences)--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--History.--United States
Social classes--Political aspects--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
HN90.E4 -- R85 2005eb
305.5/2/0973
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674037199
10.4159/9780674037199 doi
Democracy--United States.
Elite (Social sciences)--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--History.--United States
Social classes--Political aspects--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
HN90.E4 -- R85 2005eb
305.5/2/0973