Ruling America : a history of wealth and power in a democracy - Fraser, Steve, 1945-; Gerstle, Gary, 1954- (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005)
Introduction / Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle -- 1. The dilemmas of ruling elites in Revolutionary America / Gary J. Kornblith and John M. Murrin -- 2. The "slave power" in the United States, 1783-1865 / Adam Rothman -- 3. Merchants and manufacturers in the antebellum north / Sven Beckert -- 4. Gilded Age gospels / David Nasaw -- 5. The abortive rule of big money / Alan Dawley -- 6. The managerial revitalization of the rich / Jackson Lears -- 7. The foreign policy establishment / Godfrey Hodgson -- 8. Conservative elites and the counterrevolution against the New Deal / Michael Lind -- Coda : democracy in America / Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-347) and index.
Keywords: Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- History; Social classes -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History; Democracy -- United States; Democracy; Elite (Social sciences); Power (Social sciences); Social classes -- Political aspects; United States; History