The quest for authority and honor in the American professions, 1750-1900
By: Samuel Haber.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: Professions -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Social status -- United States -- History; Occupational prestige -- United States -- History
Other titles: Authority and honor in the American professions, 1750-1900.
Description: Haber traces the cultural evolution of the professions through three stages--establishment (1750-1830), disestablishment (1830-1880), and reestablishment (1880-1900). He shows that when the gentlemanly class declined in the United States, the professions maintained status even in somewhat hostile settings. The professions thus came to be seen as a middle way between the pursuits of laborers and those of capitalists. Massive in scale and ambition, this book will have a formidable impact among scholars newly attuned to the history of American middle-class culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-459) and index.