In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis by Hood, Clifton
In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis by Hood, Clifton

In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis

A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New...
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Author: Clifton Hood
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Language: English
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In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis by Hood, Clifton

In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis

€65,16
In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis by Hood, Clifton

In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis

€65,16
Author: Clifton Hood
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New Yorkers' struggle to create a distinct world guarded against outsiders, even as economic growth and democratic opportunity enabled aspirants to gain entrance. Despite their efforts, New York City's upper class has been drawn into the larger story of the city both through class conflict and through their role in building New York's cultural and economic foundations.

In Pursuit of Privilege describes the famous and infamous characters and events at the center of this extraordinary history, from the elite families and wealthy tycoons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the Wall Street executives of today. From the start, upper-class New Yorkers have been open and aggressive in their behavior, keen on attaining prestige, power, and wealth. Clifton Hood sharpens this characterization by merging a history of the New York economy in the eighteenth century with the story of Wall Street's emergence as an international financial center in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the dominance of New York's financial and service sectors in the 1980s. Bringing together several decades of upheaval and change, he shows that New York's upper class did not rise exclusively from the Gilded Age but rather from a relentless pursuit of privilege, affecting not just the urban elite but the city's entire cultural, economic, and political fabric.

Author: Clifton Hood
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 07/23/2019
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780231172172

About the Author
Clifton Hood is George E. Paulsen '49 Professor of American History and Government at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is the author of 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York (1993), and his work has appeared in the Journal of Urban History, Journal of Social History, Reviews in American History, and the New York Times.
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