Bibliograph

America's Secret Aristocracy, Stephen Birmingham

Type

Label

America's Secret Aristocracy, Stephen Birmingham

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

America's Secret Aristocracy

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stephen Birmingham

Summary

America's Secret Aristocracy is a report from inside the shush-shush inner circle of America's upper crust. Full of eccentric family members and well-sourced gossip, bestselling writer Stephen Birmingham spins an entertaining social history

Table Of Contents

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part One First Peers of the Realm -- Chapter 1 Telling Them Apart -- Chapter 2 A Royal Wedding -- Chapter 3 Manor Lords -- Chapter 4 Ancient Wealth -- Chapter 5 A Gentleman's War -- Chapter 6 Coronation in New York -- Chapter 7 The Great Silverware Robbery -- Chapter 8 From Camping Out with Indians … to Dinner at the Jays' -- Chapter 9 Livingston Versus Livingston -- Chapter 10 Weak Blood -- Chapter 11 Morrises and More Morrises -- Chapter 12 Outsiders -- Chapter 13 Endangered SpeciesPart Two Brahmins, Knights of the Chivalry, and California Grandees -- Chapter 14 Knowing One's Place -- Chapter 15 O Ancestors! -- Chapter 16 Beer and the Bourgeoisie -- Chapter 17 O Pioneers! -- Part Three Heirs Apparent -- Chapter 18 Secret Society -- Chapter 19 Old Guard Versus New -- Chapter 20 The Gospel of Wealth -- Chapter 21 Comme Il Faut -- Chapter 22 "To Serve …" -- Chapter 23 The Bogus Versus the Real -- Chapter 24 Family Curses -- Chapter 25 The Great Splurge -- Chapter 26 The Family Place -- Image Gallery -- A Note on Sources and Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Bibliography -- IndexCopyright Page

Target audience

adult

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