This book offers a panoramic history of our country's ruling elites from the time of the American Revolution to the present. At its heart is the greatest of American paradoxes: How have tiny minorities of the rich and privileged consistently exercised so much power in a nation built on the notion of rule by the people? In a series of thought-provoking essays, leading scholars of American history examine every epoch in which ruling economic elites have shaped our national experience.
- ISBN13 9780674037199
- Publish Date 1 July 2009 (first published 18 March 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 384
- Language English
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