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What would Mrs. Astor do? : the essential guide to the manners and mores of the Gilded Age /

"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...

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Main Author: Tichi, Cecelia, 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2018]
Subjects and Genres:
Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, > 1830-1908.
Astor, Caroline.
1800-1899
Rich people > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Wealth > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Etiquette > New York (State) > New York > History.
Riches > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Richesse > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / Women.
Etiquette.
Manners and customs.
Rich people.
Wealth > Social aspects.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1865-1898.
New York (State) > New York.
Nonfiction.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
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Table of 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 lighting
  • 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
  • Enter Escoffier
  • A black tie dinner on horseback
  • The grain and the grape
  • Mrs. Astor's annual ball
  • The social set
  • To see and be seen
  • Peacock Alley
  • The Palm Court
  • 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
  • Virtues of free enterprise
  • On philanthropy
  • 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.

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