Описание: Astor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. All family names that still adorn buildings, streets and charity foundations. While the men blazed across America with their oil, industry, and railways, the matriarchs founded art museums, opera houses, and symphony houses that functioned almost as private clubs. These women ruled American society with a style and impact that make today's socialites seem pale reflections of their forbears. Linked by money, marriage, privilege, power and class, they formed a grand American matriarchy that dominated the social and cultural life of the nation between the 1870s and the Second World War. The Grandes Dames of America knew just what they wanted and precisely how to get it, and when faced with criticism, malice or jealousy, they would rise above their detractors and usually persevere. Preeminent social historian Stephen Birmingham takes us into the drawing rooms of these powerful women, providing keen insights into aspects of an American Society that no longer exists. Caroline Astor, when asked for her fare boarding a street car, responded, "No thank you, I have my own favorite charities." Edith "Effie" Stern decided that no existing school would do for her child, so she had a new one built. And the legendary Isabella Stewart Gardner replied to a contemporary who was overly taken with their Mayflower ancestors: "Of course, immigration laws are much more strict nowadays." These women had looks, manner, and style, but more than that they had presence--there was a sense that when one of them entered a room, something momentous was about to occur. Birmingham opens a window to the highest levels of American society with these eight profiles of American "royalty."
Автор: Birmingham Stephen Название: The Grandees: America`s Sephardic Elite ISBN: 149302468X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493024681 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2955.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Stephen Birmingham tells the rich and varied history of the Sephardic elite--an insular group of bewilderingly interrelated families, spiced with gossip and the gentle rattling of family skeletons.
Описание: Stephen Birmingham explores here the fascinating social history of California, showing how the ruling class of California was born from rough hewn mining communities, and how it evolved a lifestyle that continues to fascinate the world.
Автор: Birmingham Stephen Название: Life at the Dakota: New York`s Most Unusual Address ISBN: 1493024736 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493024735 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2955.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social history which describes the lives of the rich and trendy, from Roberta Flack to John Lennon, who called The Dakota "home", despite the fact this New York apartment house was erected "too far up" and on the wrong side of town.
Автор: Birmingham Stephen Название: Real Lace: America S Irish Rich ISBN: 1493024701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493024704 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2955.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Here, in this engrossing and often hilarious book, Stephen Birmingham explores how the Irish elite emerged in America-frequently in less than a generation`s time-out of poverty into positions of both social and business prominence.
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