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Baltzell attributed the difference to the original Puritan and Quaker values inculcated in succeeding generations of family members.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Baltzell 1958 noted that the descendants of colonial merchants and statesmen, pioneering businessmen, and mining and railroad tycoons of Philadelphia all went to school with one another, lived in fashionable neighborhoods, were Episcopalian, joined the same clubs, intermarried, and eventually entered the elite class.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Baltzell 1958 noted that the descendants of colonial merchants and statesmen, pioneering businessmen, and mining and railroad tycoons of Philadelphia all went to school with one another, lived in fashionable neighborhoods, were Episcopalian, joined the same clubs, intermarried, and eventually entered the elite class.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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WASP Baltzell first used the term in his 1964 book "" Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy and Caste in America. ''
Autopsy Disclosed 2008
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Baltzell 1980 illustrated how the careers that leaders pursued were influenced by the values they assimilated.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Baltzell 1980 illustrated how the careers that leaders pursued were influenced by the values they assimilated.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Baltzell attributed the difference to the original Puritan and Quaker values inculcated in succeeding generations of family members.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Moreover, he places that story in the context of a larger one — the passing of the WASP ascendancy and the rise of a meritocratic "new class" — that's been thoroughly scrutinized and brilliantly told by, among others, E. Digby Baltzell.
He Found It at the Movies Editor's Choice 2005
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Moreover, he places that story in the context of a larger one — the passing of the WASP ascendancy and the rise of a meritocratic "new class" — that's been thoroughly scrutinized and brilliantly told by, among others, E. Digby Baltzell.
He Found It at the Movies Editor's Choice 2005
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Writing in 1964, Baltzell saw the election of John F. Kennedy, an Irish Catholic, as a hopeful sign.
Big Shots, Born Again John Schmalzbauer 2007
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