Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Tichi, Cecelia, 1942-

Publication

• New York, NY : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Description

x, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

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"--

Subject

• Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 1830-1908
• 1800-1899
• Rich people > New York (State) > New York > Biography
• Wealth > Social aspects > History > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
• Etiquette > New York (State) > New York > History
• Etiquette
• Manners and customs
• Rich people
• Wealth > Social aspects
• HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
• HISTORY / Women
• New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
• New York (N.Y.) > Biography
• New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898
• New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• 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.

Call Number

JFD 19-583

ISBN

• 9781479826858
• 1479826855

LCCN

2018021235

OCLC

1032017766

Author

Tichi, Cecelia, 1942- author.

Title

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

Publisher

New York, NY : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300).

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Research Call Number

JFD 19-583