This insider's look at inherited wealth in the United States explores the complex meanings of money and success in American sociey with a new introduction that examinies whether America's privileged class will be willing or able to play a leadership role in the twenty-first century.
"This witty and elegant meditation on the making and the meaning of America's upper clas is both a delight to read and an act of social illumination." Γ’β¬βArthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"I don't think any insider has told us more about any class in America than Nelson Aldrich tells us here about his own." Γ’β¬βPhilip Roth
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