Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of
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America’s myths of self-made success hide an old truth: elites have always borrowed aristocratic playbooks to pass down privilege.
Historian Nancy Isenberg reframes inequality as the predictable result of a distinctly American regime that mistakes prestige for merit.
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“In Aristocracy, American Style, historian Nancy Isenberg shows that the American feel-good myths of the self-made man and “opportunity for all” have both distracted its citizens and supplied a durable logic that carries privilege across generations. Drawing on public policy, popular culture, and political rhetoric, Isenberg demonstrates how American elites have long borrowed aristocratic forms while media infrastructures keep the people awed by scandal and celebrity churn. Aristocracy, American Style reframes inequality as the predictable outcome of an old, distinctly American regime, and shows what it costs a republic to mistake prestige for merit”–
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Nancy Isenberg is the author of Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power, published by Viking in 2026. The book examines elite power, social stratification, and wealth in the United States.
Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of
America’s myths of self-made success hide an old truth: elites have always borrowed aristocratic playbooks to pass down privilege.
Historian Nancy Isenberg reframes inequality as the predictable result of a distinctly American regime that mistakes prestige for merit.
Description
Praise and Reviews
About the Author
Nancy Isenberg is the author of Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power, published by Viking in 2026. The book examines elite power, social stratification, and wealth in the United States.