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... earlier, focusing as they typically did on national politics) were entitled, "The Era of the Common Man," "The Rise of Tom, Dick, and Harry," "The Age of Equality," or other rubrics of similar character. Not that acceptance of the ...
... earlier, focusing as they typically did on national politics) were entitled, "The Era of the Common Man," "The Rise of Tom, Dick, and Harry," "The Age of Equality," or other rubrics of similar character. Not that acceptance of the ...
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... eastern cities," conclude that "few modern students of Jacksonian America" would now accept Tocqueville's sweeping generalizations. Although I did glance at social patterns in earlier and xiv Introduction to the Transaction Edition.
... eastern cities," conclude that "few modern students of Jacksonian America" would now accept Tocqueville's sweeping generalizations. Although I did glance at social patterns in earlier and xiv Introduction to the Transaction Edition.
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Edward Pessen. Although I did glance at social patterns in earlier and later America as well as in Europe in order to throw my findings into clearer historical perspective, my focus was of course on the four communities that I researched ...
Edward Pessen. Although I did glance at social patterns in earlier and later America as well as in Europe in order to throw my findings into clearer historical perspective, my focus was of course on the four communities that I researched ...
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... earlier work but to be alert, too, to the inevitable distinctions in nuance that will be disclosed for every community that we view afresh. Riches says little about the mindset or social ideology of the urban elites. It touches only ...
... earlier work but to be alert, too, to the inevitable distinctions in nuance that will be disclosed for every community that we view afresh. Riches says little about the mindset or social ideology of the urban elites. It touches only ...
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... earlier, continue to subscribe to the Tocquevillean version of antebellum society.4 In the case of Tocqueville's Democracy, as with Tacitus' Germania, it is not always clear whether the generalizations are based on facts drawn from the ...
... earlier, continue to subscribe to the Tocquevillean version of antebellum society.4 In the case of Tocqueville's Democracy, as with Tacitus' Germania, it is not always clear whether the generalizations are based on facts drawn from the ...
Contents
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Fashionable New Yorkers at the Park Theatre | 20 |
The Distribution of Wealth in the Age of Egalitarianism | 33 |
The Sources of Antebellum Wealth in the Urban Northeast | 46 |
Silhouette of Family and Guests of Dr John Cheesman | 60 |
PART II | 73 |
Residence of Harrison Gray Otis Boston | 135 |
Where the Philadelphia Rich Lived 1846 | 188 |
Streets Favored by the Boston Rich in the Early 1830s | 194 |
The Private World and the Social Circle of the Rich and Elite | 221 |
On Influence and Power | 249 |
Who Governed the Nations Cities in | 281 |
Conclusion | 302 |
A Some Reflections on the Values of the Rich | 309 |
The Wealthiest Persons in the Great Northeastern Cities | 320 |
Equality of Opportunity? | 151 |
Residence of David Sears Boston | 159 |
The Problem of Social Class | 165 |
Maps | 171 |
Bibliography | 336 |
Index | 361 |
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