Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America
This insider's look at inherited wealth in the United States explores the complex meanings of money and success in American sociey with a new introduction that examinies whether America's privileged class will be willing or able to play a leadership role in the twenty-first century."This witty...
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This insider's look at inherited wealth in the United States explores the complex meanings of money and success in American sociey with a new introduction that examinies whether America's privileged class will be willing or able to play a leadership role in the twenty-first century."This witty and elegant meditation on the making and the meaning of America's upper clas is both a delight to read and an act of social illumination." —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr."I don't think any insider has told us more about any class in America than Nelson Aldrich tells us here about his own." —Philip Roth
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781880559642 (1880559641)
ASIN: 1880559641
Publish date: June 1st 1997
Publisher: Allworth Press
Pages no: 340
Edition language: English
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