Founding Families Of Pittsburgh

The Evolution Of A Regional Elite 1760-1910

• Author(s): Joseph F Rishel,
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
• Pages: 260
• ISBN_10: 0822972786
  ISBN_13: 9780822972785
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) ,

Description:... 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.