The elite, their history, and their control

The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy, by Murray Bookchin, Jul 1, 2005, AK Press, Oakland, CA.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1904859267/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

Who Rules America? Power, Politics, & Social Change, by G. William Domhoff, Fifth Edition, 2006, McGraw Hill Education, July 5, 2005.
https://www.amazon.com/Rules-America-Politics-Social-Change/dp/0072876255/ref=sr_1_2
(The eighth edition is available. Who Rules America, by G. William Domhoff, 8th Edition, Nov 30, 2021, Routledge)
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Rules-America-William-Domhoff/dp/1032139021/ref=sr_1_2

Giants: The Global Power Elite, by Peter Phillips, Jan 28, 2020, Post Hypnotic Press Inc.
https://www.amazon.com/Giants-Global-Power-Peter-Phillips/dp/1609808711/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding, by Eric Nelson, Nov 20, 2017, Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (November 20, 2017).
https://www.amazon.com/Royalist-Revolution-Monarchy-American-Founding/dp/067497977X/ref=sr_1_3

The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution, by Michael J. Klarman, Sep 16, 2016, Oxford University Press.
https://www.amazon.com/Framers-Coup-Making-United-Constitution-ebook/dp/B01KZRBRRM/ref=sr_1_2

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Oct 6, 2008, Random House.
https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-Incerto-ebook/dp/B001FA0W5W/ref=sr_1_1

Enemyship: Democracy and Counter-Revolution in the Early Republic, by Jeremy Engles, Nov 1, 2010, Michigan State University Press.
https://www.amazon.com/Enemyship-Democracy-Counter-Revolution-Republic-Rhetoric-ebook/dp/B00LEUO9RK/ref=sr_1_1

American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War, by Christian G. Fritz, Apr 27, 2009, Cambridge University Press.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Sovereigns-Cambridge-Studies-Constitution/dp/052112560X/ref=sr_1_1

Griftopia: A story of bankers, politicians, and the most audacious power grab in American history, by Matt Taibbi, Sep 6, 2011, Random House New York.
https://www.amazon.com/Griftopia-Bankers-Politicians-Audacious-American/dp/0385529961/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

The Suppression of American Revolutionary Populism, by Brendon Carpenter, Dec 18, 2014, Academia.
https://www.academia.edu/18056156/The_Suppression_of_American_Revolutionary_Populism