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Middle-class providence, 1820-1940 /

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 p...

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Main Authors: Gilkeson, John S.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1986]
©1986
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Middle class > Rhode Island > Providence > History.
Culture and History of non-European Territories.
Global History.
History.
Middle class.
Social history.
Geschichte Nordamerikas.
HISTORY > General. > General. > General.
HISTORY > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
HISTORY > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT). > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT). > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400854356
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Summary: 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 paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(394pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400854356
Index Number: F89
CLC: D771.261
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. The Stable, Industrious, Sober Middle Classes of Society --
2. Middle-Class Culture in the Process of Formation --
3. Capital and Labor --
4. The Club Idea --
5. Corporate Greed and Partisan Exigency --
6. Substitutes for the Saloon --
7. Individualism Run Rampant --
8. Consumers Organize --
9. The Middle Classes on the Eve of the Second World War --
Bibliographical Essay --
Index --
Backmatter.

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