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Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940 /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gilkeson, John S., 1948- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.