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Founding Families Of Pittsburgh: The Evolution Of A Regional Elite 1760-1910
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990 Cloth: 978-0-8229-3633-6 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-7278-5 | Paper: 978-0-8229-5878-9 Library of Congress Classification HN80.P6R57 1990 Dewey Decimal Classification 305.5520974886
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As Pittsburgh and its surrounding area grew into an important commercial and industrial center, a group of families emerged who were distinguished by their wealth and social position. Joseph Rishel studies twenty of these families to determine the degree to which they formed a coherent upper class and the extent to which they were able to maintain their status over time. His analysis shows that Pittsburgh's elite upper class succeeded in creating the institutions needed to sustain a local aristocracy and possessed the ability to adapt its accumulated advantages to social and economic changes. See other books on: Elite (Social sciences) | Longitudinal studies | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh See other titles from University of Pittsburgh Press |
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Founding Families Of Pittsburgh: The Evolution Of A Regional Elite 1760-1910
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990
Cloth: 978-0-8229-3633-6
eISBN: 978-0-8229-7278-5
Paper: 978-0-8229-5878-9
Cloth: 978-0-8229-3633-6
eISBN: 978-0-8229-7278-5
Paper: 978-0-8229-5878-9
As Pittsburgh and its surrounding area grew into an important commercial and industrial center, a group of families emerged who were distinguished by their wealth and social position. Joseph Rishel studies twenty of these families to determine the degree to which they formed a coherent upper class and the extent to which they were able to maintain their status over time. His analysis shows that Pittsburgh's elite upper class succeeded in creating the institutions needed to sustain a local aristocracy and possessed the ability to adapt its accumulated advantages to social and economic changes.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
