TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bellow,Adam
TI  - In praise of nepotism: a natural history 
SN  - 0385493886
AV  - HQ 503 .B415 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Families
KW  - Nepotism
KW  - Patriarchy
N1  - 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
ER  -