John Adams and the fear of American oligarchy
2016
923.173 A214may 2016
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Title
John Adams and the fear of American oligarchy
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016.
Description
xi, 216 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
923.173 A214may 2016
System Control No.
(OCoLC)940795158
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-203) and index.
Contents: A perennial problem -- The goods of fortune -- Sympathy for the rich -- Dignified democracy -- American oligarchy.
American founding father John Adams feared the power of a class he called simply "the few"--the wellborn, the beautiful, and especially the rich. In this book, Mayville presents the first extended exploration of Adams's preoccupation with a problem that has a renewed urgency today: the way in which inequality threatens to corrode democracy and empower a small elite. By revisiting Adams's political writings, the author draws out the statesman's fears about the danger of oligarchy in America and his unique understanding of the political power of wealth ..."-Book jacket.
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Contents: A perennial problem -- The goods of fortune -- Sympathy for the rich -- Dignified democracy -- American oligarchy.
American founding father John Adams feared the power of a class he called simply "the few"--the wellborn, the beautiful, and especially the rich. In this book, Mayville presents the first extended exploration of Adams's preoccupation with a problem that has a renewed urgency today: the way in which inequality threatens to corrode democracy and empower a small elite. By revisiting Adams's political writings, the author draws out the statesman's fears about the danger of oligarchy in America and his unique understanding of the political power of wealth ..."-Book jacket.
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