Research Catalog

Title

In pursuit of privilege : a history of New York City's upper class and the making of a metropolis / Clifton Hood.

Author

Hood, Clifton, author.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.

Details

Description

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Summary

In a history that extends from the 1750s to the present, Clifton Hood 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.

Subject

• Upper class > New York (State) > New York > History
• Elite (Social sciences) > New York (State) > New York > History
• Rich people > New York (State) > New York > History
• New York (N.Y.) > Civilization
• New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > History
• New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions

Note

• Previously issued in print: 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

• Specialized.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 9, 2017).

ISBN

9780231542951

OCLC

EDZ0001666808

Author

Hood, Clifton, author.

Title

In pursuit of privilege : a history of New York City's upper class and the making of a metropolis / Clifton Hood.

Publisher

New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Specialized.

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