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Livingston and American
aristocracy
Page entitled : The
Livingston family and American aristocracy
Content of this page is about :
About American aristocracy and how the Livingston family of New York fits in
it as a representative of colonial and mercantile America's upper class
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More than any other
American family, Livingston was the example of an aristocracy, which
stubbornly resisted the populist ideas, spread through the American
Revolution. Not only did this aristocracy resist, it also became the guiding
class, to which Americans, rich and poor, aspired. The Livingstons, as
representatives of American aristocracy, give us a key to understand this ...
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