Elite, Social Classes - General & Miscellaneous, Upper Class

Judgment and Sensibility

Name: Judgment and Sensibility
Author: Baltzell; edited and with an introduction by Howard G. Schneiderman
ISBN: 9781560000488

by Baltzell; edited and with an introduction by Howard G. Schneiderman

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Overview

Judgment and Sensibility is the second volume of the collected essays of E. Digby Baltzell, one of the keenest observers and analysts of America's upper classes since Thorstein Veblen. Spanning four decades of writing, these essays cover a wide range of topics, including contemporary politics, democratic elitism, Puritanism, Judaism, higher education, urbanization, and the U.S. Supreme Court, among others.

About the Author, Baltzell; edited and with an introduction by Howard G. Schneiderman

E. Digby Baltzell (1915-1996) was professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Protestant Establishment Revisited, Philadelphia Gentlemen, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, and Sporting Gentlemen: Men’s Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar.

Howard Schneiderman is professor in the department of anthropology and sociology at Lafayette College. He is the editor of The Protestant Establishment Revisited, The Hindrances to Good Citizenship, and has authored numerous articles. In addition, he has won numerous awards, including the Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award and the Crawford Award for classroom instruction.