Status and Kinship in the Higher Civil Service: Standards of Selection in the Administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson

Sidney H. Aronson

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Status and Kinship in the Higher Civil Service

Standards of Selection in the Administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson

Sidney H. Aronson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1964

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Volume 10 | Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
CHAPTER I. THE APPOINTMENT IDEOLOGIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
CHAPTER II. THE SOCIAL – CLASS COMPOSITION OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS Historical Survey and Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
CHAPTER III. AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1750 – 1830 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
CHAPTER IV. SOCIAL ORIGINS OF ELITE MEMBERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	56
CHAPTER V. SOCIAL – CLASS POSITIONS OF ELITE MEMBERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	84
CHAPTER VI. THE EDUCATION OF ELITE MEMBERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
CHAPTER VII. THE ROLE OF KINSHIP IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE ELITES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
CHAPTER VIII. THE ORIGINS OF A TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
APPENDIXES. NOTES. INDEX
APPENDIX A. SCHEDULE OF INFORMATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
APPENDIX Β. LIST OF ELITE OFFICES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	204
APPENDIX C. ELITE APPOINTMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
APPENDIX D. EDUCATION OF ELITE MEMBERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	214
APPENDIX E. KINSHIP RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ELITES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	222
APPENDIX F. STATISTICAL NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269

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October 1, 2013

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9780674280137

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December 11, 2013

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9780674280120

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13

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274

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Tables:

48

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United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment; United States -- History -- 1783-1865; Civil service

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