American Bourgeoisie

Name: American Bourgeoisie
Brand: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
SKU: 9780230102941
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Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century

Автор: J. Rosenbaum, S. Beckert

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Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

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What precisely constitutes an American bourgeoisie? Scholars have grappled with the question for a l...

Информация за книгата

Автор

J. Rosenbaum, S. Beckert

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2011

страници

284

EAN

9780230102941

ISBN

0230102948

Enbook ID

04551445

Издател

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Теглоt

542

Размери

157 x 238 x 21

Пълно описание

What precisely constitutes an American bourgeoisie? Scholars have grappled with the question for a long time. Economic positions - the ownership of capital, for instance - most obviously defines this group. Control of resources cannot explain, however, the emergence of shared identities or the capacity for collective action: after all, economic interests frequently drove capital-rich Americans apart as they competed for markets or governmental favors. This book argues that one of the most important factors in this respect was the articulation of a shared culture, but this aspect has been neglected by most scholarship on the issue. 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? How did culture help them formulate a sense of themselves as a distinct social group with shared identities, while simultaneously setting themselves apart from other Americans?

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