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... Northeastern Cities During the Second Quarter of the Nineteenth Century 320 New York City 320 Brooklyn 326 Philadelphia 327 Boston 331 Bibliography 336 Index 361 Illustrations Fashionable New Yorkers at the Park Theatre 20 Comfort PART IV.
... Northeastern Cities During the Second Quarter of the Nineteenth Century 320 New York City 320 Brooklyn 326 Philadelphia 327 Boston 331 Bibliography 336 Index 361 Illustrations Fashionable New Yorkers at the Park Theatre 20 Comfort PART IV.
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... Brooklyn 37 Entrance Hall of David S. Kennedy House, New York 53 Silhouette of Family and Guests of Dr. John Cheesman 60 Jacob Patchen, Wealthy and Eccentric Brooklyn Butcher 80 View of Brooklyn in the Nineteenth Century 107 Residence ...
... Brooklyn 37 Entrance Hall of David S. Kennedy House, New York 53 Silhouette of Family and Guests of Dr. John Cheesman 60 Jacob Patchen, Wealthy and Eccentric Brooklyn Butcher 80 View of Brooklyn in the Nineteenth Century 107 Residence ...
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... Brooklyn. In attempting to determine precisely who were the rich, I had had to ascertain the wealth of everyone else; I thus wound up with a data bank that enabled me to fix the distribution of wealth and to do so with some precision ...
... Brooklyn. In attempting to determine precisely who were the rich, I had had to ascertain the wealth of everyone else; I thus wound up with a data bank that enabled me to fix the distribution of wealth and to do so with some precision ...
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... Brooklyn!" (He could have strengthened his indictment by noting that my Brooklyn evidence Introduction to the Transaction Edition xv.
... Brooklyn!" (He could have strengthened his indictment by noting that my Brooklyn evidence Introduction to the Transaction Edition xv.
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Edward Pessen. have strengthened his indictment by noting that my Brooklyn evidence was not even drawn entirely from hightoned Brooklyn Heights. Talk about lèse-majesté! While a number of historians have praised what they call the ...
Edward Pessen. have strengthened his indictment by noting that my Brooklyn evidence was not even drawn entirely from hightoned Brooklyn Heights. Talk about lèse-majesté! While a number of historians have praised what they call 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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