by Joseph F Rishel
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990
Cloth: 978-0-8229-3633-6 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-7278-5 | Paper: 978-0-8229-5878-9
Library of Congress Classification HN80.P6R57 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.5520974886

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.