Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940 / / John S. Gilkeson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Gilkeson, John S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 90
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The Stable, Industrious, Sober Middle Classes of Society --; 2. Middle-Class Culture in the Process of Formation --; 3. Capital and Labor --; 4. The Club Idea --; 5. Corporate Greed and Partisan Exigency --; 6. Substitutes for the Saloon --; 7. Individualism Run Rampant --; 8. Consumers Organize --; 9. The Middle Classes on the Eve of the Second World War --; Bibliographical Essay --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400854356; 9783110413441; 9783110413489; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400854356
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John S. Gilkeson.

This book inquires into what Americans mean when they call the United States a middle-class nation and why the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as middle class.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.