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The Rich, the Well Born, and the Powerful (© 70 by te Bard of Trae oth Uninet of ts Manse athe Unite Sr of ror Lira of Congo Calg CaN 89005 OBTE @ ee Fre Gp Rhemsbee, 2006 305-SL 225 j Ceeoasanpect fs the Unery of ns, ty Gendt Calg ‘Cmts fr Avan Stay, Heaeeeh Don at ery Dept ‘Sie te aah othe by pvt le nw, nel, 30546 27 64 110 139 154 179 203 Contents Introduction Elitsm and Democracy in Classical Athens ‘The Avistocracy of the Roman Republic (Charity and the Defense of Urban Elites in the Taalian Communes Politics and Comimanty i Eltsabethan London ‘An East European Elite tn the Eighteenth Contury: ‘The Rumanian Uniate Hierarchy Bureaucracy and Patronage: The View from an Elghteonth-Century Russian Letter Writer Elites in Confit in Tsarist Rusia: The Brionsk Company yous r. MCKAY ‘The Suroteal ofthe Victorian Avstocracy Style and Status: High Society in Late Nineteenth-Century New York rneventc corte yanen tor may vary fom oly to ity and, where sveral groups contest ender- hip, within the same ety. Urban pacilates dat mafntaln hogemeny over ‘slong period nontalze the challenge of new men by elther coaption et tlfective exclusion. Longevity erates a stable, omogencous elite struc te, Rapid socal change, esteniveinttational and tedheloglal Inno. vatlon, lrgetnfosioos of new blood, and spectacular economic growth, ‘on the ether hand, make i diel for these groups to perpetuate them ‘cle through family fie and tis and patican socal and politcal orguniations, 'osrevolatonary patrcats in Philadelphia, Boston, end Now York Initally developed sindar ife patems. A residue of the clonal elite ‘combined with new men emerging fom the polileal and ecoacmio di ‘upton of th 1770 end 1780 tll dhe gap Llt by the departed Toes Formerly grt provinll ports, thse atic developed into aor nations ‘commercial enters, Social prominence in Bost, Philadelphia, and New ‘York derived from wealth end power accumulated in forlga tad, Banke fing veal estat, lw, and poles, By the fst decade of the lnoteenth ‘contury an eaclve of eminent politicians and businessmen associated with ri gu oct ad profeenal groupe cone hit Boat cha te Botenend Pulodhs the menbee ‘eve tereantte-Federalist elites founded dynasties. Ther deccendants opti inhsted stats by dotting subsoqt int Em ‘nd cultural enterpiss in thee loabites, To thls day, Boston Brab> yh nha the Arc Pll Sony fr 4307 eat at ead see tate met ES tet eg ld ‘Gist fare sch ence Ft SS a os sin pd Yinelphn gene inns enti od Yl ae erg ens sme {hE cane epi as CASEIN pity ete tl ee iy ef Caan eC iP eee tn Het arn se Fp of Fale SII mast Ewa Ae re Soc nl i mel nade of es Re ang noon, esl ng ed stems SSG SURE en een “itsinsupaee dopo ped pee Rew ePes docael a ie way ea wr do scl TASES Rt Stl iat as SRSRE Sot a Moe el ache ‘ee Win de Mas See oa fe wma ae wa hades Sha ie SESS Tp poms gest he tet tes Siena cay ape ts ae Soden pce et Noe esas parece Ath ee ih Erected Eee pe Ae cee See Sh aa gs Ergal c ntat sn foetal a wor aes Eset lene ae dom aly se nh ch, Ehud icon nna pep ttf eonng ‘Sheth et ipsa Sn ohn aut dra Nor Yt aso mabe rig. ri peed Ee ‘Seppe sper lb lynn Soraya ty yey len Saya pac! ites, on io cnet on ta i Mee ie De Pi Sakae aaa rome oe a ee Seng nb hy tah Capi ry ade en Bienes 2 cyaloearetiviatcrrat gota ine Gavi, Fane optic ef Moses» wa tet = Prada ansll Matn Th Pang ft Sues ant.

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