Publication

2020 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

53,250 words, Guess

Page Count

213 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCKF8745.H6W45 2020

Description

"It was Wendell's father, Dr. Holmes, who coined the term "Boston Brahmin" to describe Boston society in the mid-Nineteenth Century. The name stuck because it was such an apt caricature of the city's elite. Like their Hindu counterparts, the Boston Brahmin were both materially prosperous and spiritually ambitious. Part of their prosperity came from China trade - a commerce that brought with it ideas and culture as well as wealth"--

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