American Elite Ruling Class Families Oligarchy Wealth 1937 Corruption Radical HC
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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } America's 60 Families by Ferdinand Lundberg No publisher listed, 1937. Hardcover in good condition, sunning & light wear to cloth boards. Tight binding, solid spine, previous owner’ signature to ffep, clean unmarked text, age toning to pages, small tears to the first page of the table of contents. No dust jacket. 8vo, index 578 pages. Ferdinand Lundberg’s America’s 60 Families is a bombshell of Depression-era muckraking, a meticulously researched exposé that laid bare the dynastic wealth and unchecked power of America’s ruling elite. Published in 1937—amidst the turmoil of the New Deal and rising populist anger—the book names names, tracing the fortunes of the Astors, Rockefellers, Morgans, and Vanderbilts, among others, and revealing how their monopolistic control over industry, finance, and politics shaped (and often strangled) American democracy. Lundberg, a financial journalist with a razor-sharp pen, pulls no punches, arguing that the U.S. was effectively an oligarchy disguised as a republic. His work drew comparisons to Marx in its critique of capital, yet it was grounded in cold, hard data—stock holdings, trust funds, political donations—making it impossible to dismiss as mere polemic. The book became a rallying cry for reformers and a thorn in the side of the establishment, earning both acclaim and furious denials from the families it targeted. For collectors, it is a cornerstone of radical Ame
- Year: 1937
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Good
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