In praise of nepotism : a natural history / Adam Bellow.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, c2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 548 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0385493886
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 503 .B415 2003
Contents:
pt. 1. Nepotism in history -- We're all goodfellas now: an introduction to the nepotistic system -- From biology to culture: a natural history of nepotism -- Clan, caste, and tribe: nepotism in non-Western societies -- Classical Nepotism: the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans -- The son made perfect: nepotism in the Christian West -- The golden age of nepotism: Borgia, Bonaparte, and Rothschild --
pt. 2. Nepotism in America -- Colonial nepotism: from settlement to revolution -- The city of brotherly love: the nepotism of the founders -- The nineteenth century: nepotism in the North, West, and South -- The Roosevelts: the middle class revolt against nepotism -- Heirs apparent: JFK and the new meritocratic nepotism -- The art of nepotism -- Postscript: American nepotism today.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-548) and index.

pt. 1. Nepotism in history -- We're all goodfellas now: an introduction to the nepotistic system -- From biology to culture: a natural history of nepotism -- Clan, caste, and tribe: nepotism in non-Western societies -- Classical Nepotism: the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans -- The son made perfect: nepotism in the Christian West -- The golden age of nepotism: Borgia, Bonaparte, and Rothschild --

pt. 2. Nepotism in America -- Colonial nepotism: from settlement to revolution -- The city of brotherly love: the nepotism of the founders -- The nineteenth century: nepotism in the North, West, and South -- The Roosevelts: the middle class revolt against nepotism -- Heirs apparent: JFK and the new meritocratic nepotism -- The art of nepotism -- Postscript: American nepotism today.

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