Название:In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City’s Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis
Автор: Clifton Hood
Издательство: Columbia University Press
Год: 2017
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 509
Для сайта: mirlib.ru
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New Yorkers' struggle to create a distinct world guarded against outsiders, even as economic growth and democratic opportunity enabled aspirants to gain entrance. Despite their efforts, New York City's upper class has been drawn into the larger story of the city both through class conflict and through their role in building New York's cultural and economic foundations.In Pursuit of Privilege describes the famous and infamous characters and events at the center of this extraordinary history, from the elite families and wealthy tycoons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the Wall Street executives of today.

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