The Protestant establishment
by E. Digby Baltzell · first published 1964
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…trying to get through. Brimming with ideas and not without its own pitfalls. Tells the story of 20th Century intellectual history and thought as well as any could, although in a rather indirect way. The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy and Caste in America (Aristocracy & Caste in America) - Baltzell, 1987 I'll let Amazon summarize again: "This classic account of the traditional upper class in America traces its origins,…
on “Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read?” ↗It did, but towards the end. In "The Protestant Establishment," Mr. Baltzell pointed to the prejudice and insularity of the elite as the eventual causes of its decline. "A crisis has developed in modern America largely because of the White-Anglo-Saxon Protestant…
on “That Bright, Dying Star, the American WASP” ↗> In the 1920's, the Protestant Establishment still dominated business and society. University administrators sensed that if they admitted too many Jews, they would alienate themselves from the power centers around them. So they restricted the number…
on “Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits: Lawsuit” ↗