Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century

Rosenbaum, J.; Beckert, S.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-19

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349287512

DOI: 10.1057/9780230115569

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 284