Title: The quest for 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.
Subjects: Social aspects of Professions, Professions, United States, Social status, Occupational prestige, History, Professions, sociological aspects, Social aspects, Occupations, Social Class
Places: United States