Flight of the WASP : the rise, fall, and future of America's original ruling class
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023.
Physical Desc
x, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Haslett - New Books
305.80973 Gross
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305.80973 Gross
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (page 423-451) and index.
Description
"For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to the periphery, its relevance and impact remain, as Michael Gross reveals....From Colonial America’s founding settlements through the Gilded Age to the present day, Gross traces the complex legacy of American WASPs—their profound accomplishments and egregious failures—through the lives of fifteen influential individuals and their very privileged, sometimes intermarried families. As the Bradford, Randolph, Morris, Biddle, Sanford, Peabody and Whitney clans progress, prosper and periodically stumble, defining aspects in the four-century sweep of American history emerge: our wide, oft-contentious religious diversity; the deep scars of slavery, genocide, and intolerance; the creation and sometime mis-use of astonishing economic and political power; an enduring belief in the future; an instinct to offset inequity with philanthropy; an equal capacity for irresponsible, sometimes wanton, behavior." --publisher's website
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gross, M. (2023). Flight of the WASP: the rise, fall, and future of America's original ruling class (First edition, first Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.). Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gross, Michael, 1952-. 2023. Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gross, Michael, 1952-. Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gross, Michael. Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class First edition, first Grove Atlantic hardcover edition., Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023.
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