Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class
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For decades, writers have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to the periphery, its relevance and impact remain, as Michael Gross reveals in his compelling chronicle. From Colonial America's founding settlements through the Gilded Age to the present day, Gross traces the complex legacy of American WASPs through the lives of fifteen influential individuals and their very privileged, sometimes intermarried families. As the clans progress, prosper, and periodically stumble, defining aspects in the four-century sweep of American history emerge: our wide, oft-contentious religious diversity; the deep scars of slavery, genocide, and intolerance; the creation and sometime mis-use of astonishing economic and political power; an instinct to offset inequity with philanthropy; an equal capacity for irresponsible, sometimes wanton, behavior. In previous acclaimed books such as 740 Park and Rogues' Gallery, Gross has explored elite culture in microcosm; expanding the canvas, Flight of the WASP chronicles it across four centuries and fifteen generations in an ambitious and consequential contribution to American history.
Notes
Gross, M., & Newbern, G. (2024). Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gross, Michael and George, Newbern. 2024. Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gross, Michael and George, Newbern, Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gross, Michael, and George Newbern. Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2024.
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