Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: Theories of Elites; Elitism by Birth: The Hindu Caste System; Elitism by Class: Social Differentiation in Classical Greece; Elitism by Selection: Byzantine Bureaucracy; Elitism by Race: Europeans and Early Colonial America; Elitism by Moral Right: Europeans and Early Colonial Contacts; Elitism by Special Election: The Millenarian Phenomenon; Elitism by Conquest: The Tragedy of Cambodia; Elitism and Ecclesiastical Authority: The Church and Medieval Heresy; Elitism by Sex: The Gender Issue; Elitism by Party: National Socialism in Germany 1920-45; Elitism by Economic Status: The Western "Models" Problem; Elitism by Culture: The Mass Culture Debate; Elitism by Education: The Status of the Science Issue; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Eric Carlton, Durham University, UK