| Description |
x, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300). |
| Contents |
The splendors of the Gilded Age -- Mrs. Astor speaks -- Millionaires' Row -- Fifth Avenue mansions -- Decoration of houses -- Servants and their duties -- Convenience or contraption -- Electric light -- Elevators -- Telephone -- Competitive consumption -- Ladies mile -- Gentlemen's emporia -- Tea rooms and luncheons -- Best dressed -- The hat makes the man -- The walking stick : the essential gentleman's accessory -- Plume trade, or, decorating with nature -- Color harmony -- For all occasions -- Well behaved -- Ward McAllister, autocrat of conduct -- How to navigate a public encounter -- Correspondence -- Cards, visits, and calls -- Parties and balls -- Gilded Age "Cinderella" -- Seen, but not heard -- What they read -- Dinner is served -- The proper place setting -- New York's elegant restaurants -- Delmonico's -- Sherry's -- The lobster : from prison fare to haute cuisine -- A black tie dinner on horseback -- The grain and the grape -- Mrs. Astor's ball -- The social set -- To see and be seen -- Theater and opera -- Stage door Johnny -- Central Park -- Club life -- Newport -- Slumming it : entertainment on the Lower East Side -- The sporting life -- Boating -- Polo -- Bathing -- Tennis -- Archery and croquet -- Golf -- Cycling -- Getting there -- Horse power -- Motor cars -- Private rail cars -- Steamships -- Yachts -- Money talks -- Gospels of wealth -- Wall Street -- Top drawer schools -- Dollar princesses -- Newspaper wars -- The whiff of scandal -- Divorce and Mrs. Astor -- Inexcusable -- Deadly triangle : Nesbit, White, Thaw -- On the scene : boldface names in New York -- Diamond Jim Brady (1856-1917) -- Nellie Bly (1864-1922) -- Jack London (1876-1916) -- Lillian Russell (1860-1922) -- Buffalo Bill (1846-1917) -- Front-page girls -- Muckrakers -- Funerals -- Mrs. Astor's four hundred. |
| Summary |
"Cecilia Tichi invites us on a beautifully illustrated tour of the Gilded Age, transporting readers to New York at its most fashionable. A colorful tapestry of fun facts and true tales, What Would Mrs. Astor Do? presents a vivid portrait of this remarkable time of social metamorphosis, starring Caroline Astor, the ultimate gatekeeper"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 1830-1908.
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Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 1830-1908. (OCoLC)fst00355868
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Rich people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Wealth -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Etiquette -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Etiquette. (OCoLC)fst00916277
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Rich people. (OCoLC)fst01097537
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Wealth -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01172998
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898.
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
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HISTORY / Women.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781479826858 (cl : alk. paper) |
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1479826855 (cl : alk. paper) |
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