Description: John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy, Paperback by Mayville, Luke, ISBN 0691183244, ISBN-13 9780691183244, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Why American founding father John Adams feared the political power of the rich—and how his ideas illuminate todays debates about inequality and its consequences
Long before the "one percent" became a protest slogan, American founding father John Adams feared the power of a class he called simply "the few"—the wellborn, the beautiful, and especially the rich. In John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy, Luke Mayville explores Adams’s deep concern with the way in which inequality threatens to corrode democracy and empower a small elite. Adams believed that wealth is politically powerful not merely because money buys influence, but also because citizens admire and even identify with the rich. Mayville explores Adams’s theory of wealth and power in the context of his broader concern about social and economic disparities—reflections that promise to illuminate contemporary debates about inequality and its political consequences. He also examines Adams’s ideas about how oligarchy might be countered. A compelling work of intellectual history, John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy has important lessons for today’s world.
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Book Title: John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Political Ideologies / General
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Luke Mayville
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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