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

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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.
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Summary: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 sense of shared identity and a sense of difference.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (294 pages)
ISBN:9780230115569
DOI:10.1057/9780230115569