Ruling America : a history of wealth and power in a democracy /

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Ruling America 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fraser, Steve, 1945-, Gerstle, Gary, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Elite (Social sciences) > United States > History.
Social classes > Political aspects > United States > History.
Power (Social sciences) > United States > History.
Democracy > United States.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Classes sociales > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Démocratie > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Democracy
Elite (Social sciences)
Power (Social sciences)
Social classes > Political aspects
Elite
Demokratie
Macht
Elites.
Macht.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dilemmas of ruling elites in revolutionary America / Gary J. Kornblith and John M. Murrin
  • The "slave power" in the United States, 1783-1865 / Adam Rothman
  • Merchants and manufacturers in the antebellum North / Sven Beckert
  • Gilded Age gospels / David Nasaw
  • The abortive rule of big money / Alan Dawley
  • The managerial revitalization of the rich / Jackson Lears
  • The foreign policy establishment / Godfrey Hodgson
  • Conservative elites and the counterrevolution against the New Deal / Michael Lind
  • Coda : democracy in America / Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle.

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