The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century /

This volume engages a fundamental disciplinary question about this period in American history: how did the bourgeoisie consolidate their power and fashion themselves not simply as economic leaders but as cultural innovators and arbiters? It also explains how culture helped Americans form both a sens...

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Main Authors:	Beckert, Sven (Author), Rosenbaum, Julia B. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:	Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history.
Subjects:	History. Cultural History. History of the Americas. Modern History. Social History. US History. Civilization > History. History, Modern. Social history. America > History. United States > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book