Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy.
Fraser, Steve.
Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (379 pages)
Intro -- 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.
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?.
9780674037199
Elite (Social sciences)-United States-History.
Social classes-Political aspects-United States-History.
Power (Social sciences)-United States-History.
Democracy-United States.
Electronic books.
HN90
305.5/2/0973
Ruling America : A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (379 pages)
Intro -- 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.
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?.
9780674037199
Elite (Social sciences)-United States-History.
Social classes-Political aspects-United States-History.
Power (Social sciences)-United States-History.
Democracy-United States.
Electronic books.
HN90
305.5/2/0973