Bellow, Adam,  1957- <br/><br/>
In praise of nepotism :  a natural history / 
Adam Bellow. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,  c2003. 
 - 548 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-548) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385493886 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003043487 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families.<br/>Nepotism.<br/>Patriarchy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ 503  / .B415 2003