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Author Rishel, Joseph F., author

Title Founding Families of Pittsburgh : the Evolution of a Regional Elite,1760-1910
Published Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, June 2005 ; Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [distributor]

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages)
Summary Annotation As Pittsburgh and its surrounding area grew into an important commercial and industrial center, a group of families emerged who were distinguished by their wealth and social position. Joseph Rishel studies twenty of these families to determine the degree to which they formed a coherent upper class and the extent to which they were able to maintain their status over time. His analysis shows that Pittsburgh's elite upper class succeeded in creating the institutions needed to sustain a local aristocracy and possessed the ability to adapt its accumulated advantages to social and economic changes
Audience Scholarly & Professional University of Pittsburgh Press
Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies
Elite (Social sciences) -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 19th century
Elite (Social sciences)
Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Genre/Form History.
Longitudinal studies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822958789
9780822972785
0822958783
0822972786