Upper class Philadelphia Main Line family, torn apart by late 20th century social change, finds its aristocratic heritage meaningless as country moves toward meritocracy. Beautifully written.

No better examination of Old Money culture and how it is challenged by the self-made man, whom America holds in higher esteem. Old Money attitudes are an inheritance of educational & aesthetic values.

WASP upper class lost its way because it didn't live up to its own moral standards. It has only itself to blame for loosing the moral and aesthetic high ground it once owned.

European-style aristocracy has had a foothold in America in just a handful of instances. This is a nicely written history of one such incident and one such family: the Livingstons of the Hudson River

How higher education, economic advancement, and increasing intermarriage between ethnic groups and classes has molded a new American society no longer under the thumb of WASPs.

Definitive description and analysis of Philadelphias WASP upper class prior to 60s era social upheaval. Thoroughly researched, full of detail, a must-read for serious scholars of the upper class.

To understand Americas upper class, you must understand the British aristocracy; it held the lions share of wealth & power, but now thats gone. A must-read for serious students of the upper class.

Who better to explain American democracy than an aristocrat? He sees what we don't see. Understand why America's upper class has had a difficult time.

Peter Schrag, himself Jewish, celebrates the fact that Jews have achieved dominance in the upper levels of American society.

Inside look into some of the dark realities of our nation's elite boarding schools.

Although Boston Brahmins were at the top just before the second World War, they would soon become a dying breed. A gentle satire of what the upper class once was.

Read this book for a view of what America's upper class once was.

Evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of wealthy WASP suburbs. Conveys, with brilliant erudition, the exacting cost of chasing the American dream.