LEADER 03522nam 22007214a 450 001 9910814425003321 005 20240416150342.0 010 $a0-674-26359-6 010 $a0-674-03719-7 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037199 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786845 035 $a(EBL)3300238 035 $a(OCoLC)923109786 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300238 035 $a(DE-B1597)457621 035 $a(OCoLC)1013937678 035 $a(OCoLC)1029818218 035 $a(OCoLC)1032684366 035 $a(OCoLC)1037967380 035 $a(OCoLC)1041976811 035 $a(OCoLC)1046602860 035 $a(OCoLC)1047005017 035 $a(OCoLC)434595715 035 $a(OCoLC)979746339 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314247 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786845 100 $a20040929d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aRuling America $ea history of wealth and power in a democracy /$fedited by Steve Fraser & Gary Gerstle 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-01695-5 311 $a0-674-01747-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction / $rFraser, Steve / Gerstle, Gary -- $t1. The Dilemmas of Ruling Elites in Revolutionary America / $rKornblith, Gary J. / Murrin, John M. -- $t2. The "Slave Power" in the United States, 1783-1865 / $rRothman, Adam -- $t3. Merchants and Manufacturers in the Antebellum North / $rBeckert, Sven -- $t4. Gilded Age Gospels / $rNasaw, David -- $t5. The Abortive Rule of Big Money / $rDawley, Alan -- $t6. The Managerial Revitalization of the Rich / $rLears, Jackson -- $t7. The Foreign Policy Establishment / $rHodgson, Godfrey -- $t8. Conservative Elites and the Counterrevolution against the New Deal / $rLind, Michael -- $tCoda: Democracy in America / $rFraser, Steve / Gerstle, Gary -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aThis 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? In a series of thought-provoking essays, leading scholars of American history examine every epoch in which ruling economic elites have shaped our national experience. 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSocial classes$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial classes$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory. 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a305.5/2/0973 700 $aGerstle$b Gary, $0729568 701 $aFraser$b Steve$f1945-$0525193 701 $aGerstle$b Gary$f1954-$0729568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814425003321 996 $aRuling America$94099487 997 $aUNINA