The Emergence of the Middle Class: Social Experience in the

The Emergence of the Middle Class: Social Experience in the American City, 1760–1900 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
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Of all the terms with which Americans define themselves as members of society, few are as elusive as "middle class." This book traces the emergence of a recognizable and self-aware "middle class" between the era of the American Revolution and the end of the nineteenth century. The author focuses on the development of the middle class in larger American cities, particularly Philadelphia and New York. He examines the middle class in all its complexity, and in its day-to-day existence--at work, in the home, and in the shops, markets, theaters, and other institutions of the big city. The book places the new language of class---in particular the new term "middle class"--in the context of the concrete, interwoven experiences of specific anonymous Americans who were neither manual workers nor members of urban upper classes.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 41 half-tones, 8 tables, bibliography, i
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780521376129
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	41 half-tones, 8 tables, bibliography, i
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780521376129
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Emergence of the Middle Class: Social Experience in the American City, 1760–1900 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)