Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
ISBN
9780231542951
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Introduction: The Upper Class Is a Foreign Country
1. "The Best Mart on the Continent": The 1750s and 1760s
2. Uncertain Adjustments: The 1780s and 1790s
3. Wealth: The 1820s and Beyond
4. All for the Union: The 1860s
5. A Dynamic Businessman's Aristocracy: The 1890s
6. The Ways of Millionaireville: The 1890s
7. Making Spaces of Their Own: The 1940s
8. The Antielitist Elite: The 1970s and Beyond
Conclusion: The Limits of Antielitism
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations for Selected Manuscript Sources
Notes
Index
1. "The Best Mart on the Continent": The 1750s and 1760s
2. Uncertain Adjustments: The 1780s and 1790s
3. Wealth: The 1820s and Beyond
4. All for the Union: The 1860s
5. A Dynamic Businessman's Aristocracy: The 1890s
6. The Ways of Millionaireville: The 1890s
7. Making Spaces of Their Own: The 1940s
8. The Antielitist Elite: The 1970s and Beyond
Conclusion: The Limits of Antielitism
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations for Selected Manuscript Sources
Notes
Index
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