Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper ClassPhiladelphia Gentlemen emphasizes that class is largely a matter of family, whereas an elite is largely a matter of individual achievement. The emphasis in Philadelphia on old classes, in contrast to the emphasis in New York and Boston on individual achievement and elite striving, helps to explain the dramatically different outcomes of ruling class domination in major centers of the Eastern Establishment. In emphasizing class membership or family prestige, the dynamics of industrial and urban life passed by rather than through Philadelphia. |
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Introduction | 3 |
Class Language Usage in America as of 1940 | 8 |
The American Metropolitan Upper Class and the Elite | 15 |
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