# Waiting for the Barbarians

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- Book: [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://www.bookquiver.com/lewis-lapham/waiting-for-the-barbarians) ([Waiting for the Barbarians.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lewis-lapham/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md))
- Authors: [Lewis Lapham](https://www.bookquiver.com/lewis-lapham)
- Publisher: verso_books
- ISBN: 978-18-5984-119-8
- Pages: 234
- Published: 1998-12-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

With invective all the more deadly for its grace and wit, Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper’s magazine, presents a portrait of a feckless American establishment gone large in the stomach and soft in the head. This acerbic commentary on the insouciance of the monied ruling class concludes with a forewarning piece where Lapham looks at the fate of indolent ruling classes throughout history.