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John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy
ISBN-13:
9781400883691
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
232
Autor:
Luke Mayville
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Long before "the one percent" became a protest slogan, 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 John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy, Luke 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, Mayville draws out the statesman's fears about the danger of oligarchy in America and his unique understanding of the political power of wealth-a surprising and largely forgotten theory that promises to illuminate today's debates about inequality and its political consequences.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 1
1 A Perennial Problem 23
2 The Goods of Fortune 58
3 Sympathy for the Rich 95
4 Dignified Democracy 124
Conclusion: American Oligarchy 148
Notes 155
Bibliography 193
Index 205
1 A Perennial Problem 23
2 The Goods of Fortune 58
3 Sympathy for the Rich 95
4 Dignified Democracy 124
Conclusion: American Oligarchy 148
Notes 155
Bibliography 193
Index 205
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