Mrs Astor's New York : money and social power in a gilded age
Homberger, Eric2002
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Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy, and it is told here by Eric Homberger.
Main title:
Mrs Astor's New York : money and social power in a gilded age / Eric Homberger.
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Imprint:
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2002.
Collation:
336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780300095012 (hbk)
Dewey class:
974.71041
Language:
English
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BRN:
913665