Talk:E. Digby Baltzell

Invention of the acronym WASP
While E. Digby Baltzell certainly popularized the term WASP, he always denied that he was the inventor of the term  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelson Velsky Landis (talk • contribs) 05:55, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Member or guest?
Under the heading "Life and career", it states this about Baltzell's club memberships: "He chose to be a member of only one, the Franklin Inn Club in Philadelphia, where he was a frequent luncheon guest during the last years of his life." This is oxymoronic; if he was a member, he was not a guest, and vice-versa. Can anyone knowledgeable about Baltzell's club membership(s) make sense of this? Bricology (talk) 04:09, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Only WASPs?
Half the early immigrants to the USA were Germans (not all poor or middle class, Astor) and at least in banking many German Jews (Loeb, Warburg) have long been among the elite. Some of the first families have a Dutch background. What did Baltzell say about them?--Ralfdetlef (talk) 07:30, 16 March 2024 (UTC)