E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Gilkeson Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5435-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5435-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book inquires into what Americans mean when they call the United States a middle-class nation and why the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as middle class.
Originally published in 1986.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Weitere Infos & Material
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Acknowledgments, pg. ix
Introduction, pg. 1
1. The Stable, Industrious, Sober Middle Classes of Society, pg. 12
2. Middle-Class Culture in the Process of Formation, pg. 55
3. Capital and Labor, pg. 95
4. The Club Idea, pg. 136
5. Corporate Greed and Partisan Exigency, pg. 175
6. Substitutes for the Saloon, pg. 215
7. Individualism Run Rampant, pg. 262
8. Consumers Organize, pg. 300
9. The Middle Classes on the Eve of the Second World War, pg. 348
Bibliographical Essay, pg. 357
Index, pg. 371
