Good Rich and What They Cost Us : The Curious History of Wealth, Inequality, and American Democ...
ISBN: 9780300175592 | 0300175590
Format: Trade BookPublisher: Yale University Press
Pub. Date: 1/8/2013
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Is it possible for a democracy to include a tiny group of citizens who are vastly richer than the rest of us? What does that do to our cherished ideal of democratic equality?
This timely and provocative book addresses a great paradox at the core of the American Dream: a passionate belief in the principles of democracy combined with an equally passionate celebration of wealth. Americans treasure an open, equal society, yet we also admire those fortunate few who amass riches on a scale that undermines social equality... MORE
This timely and provocative book addresses a great paradox at the core of the American Dream: a passionate belief in the principles of democracy combined with an equally passionate celebration of wealth. Americans treasure an open, equal society, yet we also admire those fortunate few who amass riches on a scale that undermines social equality... MORE
| Creating the Paradigm | |
| Paradox | p. 3 |
| Robert Keayne's Contract with Boston | p. 10 |
| George Washington, Revolutionary | p. 26 |
| The Brothers Lawrence | p. 51 |
| Rich as Rockefeller | p. 71 |
| Legacies | |
| Heirs | p. 95 |
| Successors | p. 126 |
| Wealth and American Democracy | p. 154 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 167 |
Robert F. Dalzell, Jr., is Frederick Rudolph Professor of American History, Williams College. His previous books include The House the Rockefellers Built and Enterprising Elite. He divides his time among Williamstown, MA, New York City, and Sweden, ME.
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