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The American Bourgeoisie

Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century
By:J. Rosenbaum
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230102941
eText ISBN:9780230115569
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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This volume engages a fundamental disciplinary question about this period in American history: how did the bourgeoisie consolidate their power and fashion themselves not simply as economic leaders but as cultural innovators and arbiters? It also explains how culture helped Americans form both a sense of shared identity and a sense of difference.