In pursuit of privilege : a history of New York City's upper class & the making of a metropolis /

"Clifton Hood traces the history of the elite class of New York City and the institutions they created in their relentless pursuit of privilege. While they were responsible for the creation of intuitions such as Columbia University, the New York Public Library system, and the Metropolitan Museu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hood, Clifton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Upper class > New York (State) > New York > History.
Elite (Social sciences) > New York (State) > New York > History.
Rich people > New York (State) > New York > History.
Classes supérieures > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Riches > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Civilization
Economic history
Elite (Social sciences)
Manners and customs
Rich people
Upper class
New York (N.Y.) > Civilization.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > History.
New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Mœurs et coutumes > Histoire.
New York (State) > New York
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The upper class is a foreign country
  • "The best mart on the continent:" The 1750s and 1760s
  • Uncertain adjustments: The 1780s and 1790s
  • Immense wealth: The 1820s & beyond
  • All for the union: The 1860s
  • A dynamic businessmen's aristocracy: The 1890s
  • The ways of millionaireville: The 1890s
  • Making spaces of their own: The 1940s
  • The anti-elitist elite: the 1970s & beyond
  • Conclusion: The limits of anti-elitism.

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