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This book inquires into what Americans mean when they call the United States a middle-class nation and why the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as middle class. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilkeson, John S., 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Middle class > Rhode Island > Providence > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Middle class
Social conditions
Providence (R.I.) > History.
Providence (R.I.) > Social conditions.
Rhode Island > Providence
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Stable, Industrious, Sober Middle Classes of Society
  • 2. Middle-Class Culture in the Process of Formation
  • 3. Capital and Labor
  • 4. The Club Idea
  • 5. Corporate Greed and Partisan Exigency
  • 6. Substitutes for the Saloon
  • 7. Individualism Run Rampant
  • 8. Consumers Organize
  • 9. The Middle Classes on the Eve of the Second World War
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Index
  • Backmatter.

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