Social Aristocracy
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View ArticleEthnic Hegemonies in American History, Part 1
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John Singleton Copley, “The Copley Family,” 1776 2,532 words In the United States and England there has long existed the loose idea of a white social aristocracy arising from birth, old money, and...
View ArticleThe Discrete Wit of Whit Stillman
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