Wasps: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

by Michael Knox Beran

Book Overview

An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. Envied and lampooned, misunderstood and yet distinctly American, WASPs are as much a culture, socioeconomic and ethnic designation, as a state of mind.

From politics to fashion, their style still intrigues us. WASPs produced brilliant reformers--Eleanor, Theodore, and Franklin Roosevelt--and inspired Cold Warriors--Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163936210X
• ISBN13: 9781639362103
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"