Download or read book Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940 written by John S. Gilkeson Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book inquires into what Americans mean when they call the United States a middle-class nation and why the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as middle class. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.