{"product_id":"2026200009162-secondhand-the-protestant-establishment-aristocracy-caste-in-america","title":"The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy \u0026 Caste In America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work in American sociology, The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy \u0026amp; Caste in America presents a penetrating analysis of the WASP elite and its iron grip on the upper echelons of American society. E. Digby Baltzell argues that the old-stock Protestant establishment deliberately constructed social barriers — through exclusive clubs, schools, and corporate networks — to keep Jewish Americans and other minority groups from rising into the ruling class, transforming an open aristocracy into a closed caste. Drawing on rigorous historical and sociological research, the book chronicles how this self-defeating exclusivity ultimately undermined the vitality and moral authority of America's leadership class. Written with the clarity and conviction of a sociological classic, it remains as relevant today as when Robert K. Merton hailed it as beautifully analyzed and beautifully written… bound to become recognized as a classic. Baltzell's work stands as an essential, unflinching examination of power, privilege, and prejudice at the heart of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48893808574683,"sku":"2026200009162-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/658b27d8-6ddb-4cf9-83ec-848d9bd459ab.png?v=1782040437","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009162-secondhand-the-protestant-establishment-aristocracy-caste-in-america","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}