TY - BOOK ID - 2969124 TI - Ruling America AU - Beckert, Sven AU - Dawley, Alan AU - Fraser, Steve AU - Gerstle, Gary AU - Hodgson, Godfrey AU - Kornblith, Gary J AU - Lears, Jackson AU - Lind, Michael AU - Murrin, John M AU - Rothman, Adam AU - Nasaw, David PY - 2009 SN - 0674017471 0674037197 0674016955 9780674037199 9780674017474 0674263596 9780674263598 PB - Cambridge, MA DB - UniCat KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Social classes KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Democracy KW - History. KW - Political aspects KW - Empowerment (Social sciences) KW - Political power KW - Class distinction KW - Classes, Social KW - Rank KW - Elites (Social sciences) KW - Exchange theory (Sociology) KW - Political science KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Caste KW - Estates (Social orders) KW - Social status KW - Class consciousness KW - Classism KW - Social stratification KW - Leadership KW - Social groups KW - United States KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2969124 AB - This book offers a panoramic history of our country's ruling elites from the time of the American Revolution to the present. At its heart is the greatest of American paradoxes: How have tiny minorities of the rich and privileged consistently exercised so much power in a nation built on the notion of rule by the people? In a series of thought-provoking essays, leading scholars of American history examine every epoch in which ruling economic elites have shaped our national experience. ER -