Mrs Astor's New York : money and social power in a gilded age
Homberger, Eric2004
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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, told here by Eric Homberger, sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy.
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, 2004.
Collation:
382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2002.
ISBN:
9780300105155 (pbk)
Dewey class:
974.71041
Language:
English
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BRN:
1577694