LEADER 00000cam 2200481 a 4500 001 215171453 003 OCoLC 005 20220601164451.0 008 080310t20092009njuaco b 001 0deng 010 2008009570 020 9780470185698|q(cloth) 020 0470185694|q(cloth) 020 9781681620534|q(paperback) 020 1681620537|q(paperback) 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dYDXCP|dC#P|dBWX|dCDX|dVP@ |dMOF|dGEBAY|dBUF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCL |dDILBD|dWSB|dUAF|dGILDS|dJDP|dOCLCO|dOCL|dOCLCA|dOCLCQ |dOCLCO|dBKL|dOCLCO|erda|dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-ny 082 00 974.7/041041|222 092 974.7041|bKIN 100 1 King, Greg,|d1964- 245 12 A season of splendor :|bthe court of Mrs. Astor in gilded age New York /|cGreg King. 260 Hoboken, NJ :|bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.,|c©2009. 264 1 Hoboken, NJ :|bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.,|c[2009] 264 4 |c©2009 300 xvi, 508 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-490) and index. 505 0 Prologue: New York City, 1903 -- 1. Mrs. Astor Holds Court -- 2. The Vainglorious Vanderbilts -- 3. Enter the challenger -- 4. The Society Lady -- 5. The Society Gentleman -- 6. The Court Jester -- 7. The Arrivistes -- 8. The Edifice Complex -- 9. Palaces on Fifth Avenue -- 10. Mrs. Astor Joins the Race -- 11. Building for Eternity -- 12. The Unseen Armies -- 13. Clothing -- 14. Jewelry -- 15. Transportation -- 16. Masters of the Hudson -- 17. "The Inland Newport" -- 18. Monarch of the Smoky Mountains -- 19. The Kingdom by the Sea -- 20. Swells in Newport -- 21. The Social Season -- 22. The Society Dinner Party -- 23. Society Balls -- 24. The Dollar Princesses -- 25. A Breath of Scandal -- 26. Sailing to Oblivion. 520 1 "A Season of Splendor takes you on a spectacular journey through this Gilded Age, the period from roughly the 1870s to 1914, when old-money bluebloods and patricians confronted the nouveau riche - railway barons, steel magnates, and Wall Street speculators - and forged an uneasy and dazzling new social order in New York City. Together, their extreme wealth, elaborate parties, marble mansions, shocking excesses, and delicious scandals transformed the social, architectural, and sartorial landscape."--BOOK JACKET. 600 10 Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn,|d1830-1908. 600 10 Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn,|d1830-1908|xFriends and associates. 650 0 Elite (Social sciences)|zNew York (State)|zNew York |xHistory. 650 0 Socialites|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory. 650 0 Rich people|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xSocial life and customs|y19th century. 651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xSocial life and customs|y20th century. 651 0 New York (N.Y.)|vBiography. 651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xDescription and travel. 651 7 New York (State)|zNew York. 655 4 Biography. 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft
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