What Would Mrs. Astor Do? - The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age

Informationen zum Autor Cecelia Tichi Klappentext "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"-- Zusammenfassung "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"--

Product details

• Authors: Cecelia Tichi
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781479826858
• ISBN: 978-1-4798-2685-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Washington Mews; Washington Mews Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous