This insider's look at inherited wealth in the United States explores the complex meanings of money and success in American sociey with a new introduction that examinies whether America's privileged class will be willing or able to play a leadership role in the twenty-first century.<br><br><br><br><br><br>"This witty and elegant meditation on the making and the meaning of America's upper clas is both a delight to read and an act of social illumination." —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.<br><br><br><br>"I don't think any insider has told us more about any class in America than <b>Nelson Aldrich</b> tells us here about his own." —Philip Roth