Read WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

Michael Knox Beran

4.9/5 (9174 ratings)

Description:An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. From politics to fashion, their style still intrigues us. WASPs produced brilliant reformers--Eleanor, Theodore, and Franklin Roosevelt--and inspired Cold Warriors--Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, and Joe Alsop. Yet they were unhappy. Descended from families that created the United States, WASPs felt themselves stunted by a civilization that thwarted their higher aspirations at every turn. They were the original lost generation. Yet out of the neurotic ruins emerged a group of patriots devoted to public service and the renewal of society. In a study of the WASP revolution in American life, Michael Knox Beran brings the stories of Henry Adams and Henry Stimson, Learned Hand and Vida Scudder, John Jay Chapman and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney to life. These characters were driven by a vision of human completeness, one that distinguishes them from the self-complacency of more recent power establishments founded on money and technical know-how. WASPs shaped the America in which we live: so much so that it isn't easy to understand our problems without a knowledge of their mistakes.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy. To get started finding WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1643137069

Description: An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. From politics to fashion, their style still intrigues us. WASPs produced brilliant reformers--Eleanor, Theodore, and Franklin Roosevelt--and inspired Cold Warriors--Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, and Joe Alsop. Yet they were unhappy. Descended from families that created the United States, WASPs felt themselves stunted by a civilization that thwarted their higher aspirations at every turn. They were the original lost generation. Yet out of the neurotic ruins emerged a group of patriots devoted to public service and the renewal of society. In a study of the WASP revolution in American life, Michael Knox Beran brings the stories of Henry Adams and Henry Stimson, Learned Hand and Vida Scudder, John Jay Chapman and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney to life. These characters were driven by a vision of human completeness, one that distinguishes them from the self-complacency of more recent power establishments founded on money and technical know-how. WASPs shaped the America in which we live: so much so that it isn't easy to understand our problems without a knowledge of their mistakes.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy. To get started finding WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

More Books

Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Slayings Behind Our Romance with the Macabre

Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Slayings Behind Our Romance with the Macabre

Last Patrician: Bobby Kennedy and the End of American Aristocracy

Last Patrician: Bobby Kennedy and the End of American Aristocracy

Summary: Wasps The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy by Michael Knox Beran

Summary: Wasps The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy by Michael Knox Beran

Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Crimes Behind Our Romance with the Macabre by Michael Knox Beran (2016-10-25)

Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Crimes Behind Our Romance with the Macabre by Michael Knox Beran (2016-10-25)

Jefferson's Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind

Jefferson's Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind

Forge of Empires: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made, 1861-1871

Forge of Empires: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made, 1861-1871

Pathology of the Elites: How the Arrogant Classes Plan to Run Your Life

Pathology of the Elites: How the Arrogant Classes Plan to Run Your Life