The Middling Sorts: Explorations in the History of the American Middle ClassBurton J. Bledstein, Robert D. Johnston According to their national myth, all Americans are "middle class," but rarely has such a widely-used term been so poorly defined. These fascinating essays provide much-needed context to the subject of class in America. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
Middling Sorts For The New Nation 27 | |
The Social Consequences | |
Master Mechanics and the Market Revolution in the Antebellum North | |
Fancywork Charity | |
and the Moral Education of MiddleClass Children | |
Scientific Church Music and the Making of the American Middle Class | |
and the DeChristianization of MiddleClass Authority 18801920 | |
Obstacles to History? Modernization | |
The Corporate Reconstruction of MiddleClass Manhood | |
and MiddleClass Identity 19081950 | |
Chicagos Wonder Books | |
Rethinking MiddleClass Populism and Politics | |
Bourgeoisie | |
Historians and the American Middle Class | |
Notes 307 | |
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