Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age, Hardcover

Reducere. In the film version of the life of the "Unsinkable Molly Brown, " she is rescued from the Colorado River and raised in the Rocky Mountains, but the...

Reducere. Gilded Age financier Morton F. Plant inherited his father's transportation empire determined to improve his community. A dreamer eager to invest in...

Reducere. A fresh look at the life and times of Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin, two sisters whose radical views on sex, love, politics, and business th...

Galahad in the Gilded Age is the story of George William Curtis, regarded at the beginning of his career as little more than a handsome, amusing yo...

Reducere. No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green, America s first female tycoon. A strong woman who forged her own path, she was worth ...

In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in this volume interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Contributors p...

Murder and dark deeds shadowed the extravagance of the Gilded Age in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the summer of 1893, a tall and well-dresse...

Reducere. The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustra...

Publisher: Overlook PressAuthor(s): Betsy PrioleauIllustration(s): 25-30 black-and-white images in one insertNumber of pages: 336Publication date: ...

The People's Network reconstructs the story of U.S. and Canadian independent telephone companies which challenged the Bell System's market dominati...

From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment...

Reducere. Journey through the splendor and the excesses of the Gilded Age""Every aspect of life in the Gilded Age took on deeper, transcendent meaning intend...

Reducere. Vast fortunes grew out of the party system during the Gilded Age. In New York, party leaders experimented with novel ways to accumulate capital for...

Reducere. November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, fingers pointing, mouths agape. After co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jane F. McAleveyThe crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its...

Reducere. When Consuelo Vanderbilt's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, enthusiastical...

In More Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age, the reader is placed in the action as witness to the high and low ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Lawrence CappelloIllustration(s): 6 halftonesNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. The Roots of Violent Crime in America is criminologist Barry Latzer's comprehensive analysis of crimes of violence--including murder, assault, and ...

Can a scandalized heiress...Beatrice Goodwin left Manhattan a duchess and has returned a divorc e, ready to seize control of her fate and the famil...

Reducere. This stunning collectible features four costumed dolls -- two women and two men -- and more than two dozen richly detailed original outfits inspire...

Reducere. The New Yorker called him, "probably the richest and most famous private chef in the world, " and there is every reason to believe that Mrs. Twombl...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gilded Age, then keep reading...From a modern perspective, it may seem that the United State...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gilded Age, then keep reading...From a modern perspective, it may seem that the United State...

Reducere. Rising from a Missouri boyhood and meager prospecting success to owning the most productive copper, silver, and gold mines in the world and being e...

DescriptionNewport, Rhode Island, was the summer playground of the Gilded Age for the Astors, Belmonts and Vanderbilts. They built lavish villas de...

Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang argues that not all types of corruption hurt ...

Reducere. First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America-an age of corruption when crooke...

Reducere. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Richmond entered the Gilded Age seeking bright prospects while struggling with its own past. It was an era marke...

Reducere. On a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each oth...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): John OllerIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 528Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

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Reducere. From the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowerin...

After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. ...

Contributor(s): Author: Jane F. McAleveyThe crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its...

Reducere. Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Guilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil ...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Amy KlobucharNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x 204 x 39Cover type: Paperback / ...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): C M NicholsNumber of pages: 528Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x 274 x 33Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Journey through the splendor and the excesses of the Gilded Age""Every aspect of life in the Gilded Age took on deeper, transcendent meaning intend...

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Reducere. Named one of the best books of 2017 by Time, People, Amazon.com, The Guardian, Paste Magazine, & VogueTina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throu...

Driven by immersive reporting, this is a stunning, enraging revelation of the newest high-stakes divide in the US: between a lawless aristocracy of...

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Reducere. When dinosaur fossils were first discovered in the Wild West, they sparked one of the greatest scientific battles in American history. Over the pas...

"I'll take my share of the blame. I only ask that he take his."In Bringing Down the Colonel, the journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Made...

"Insightful and thought-provoking" - Rt Hon. Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health, 2018-21"Brilliant" - Sir Stephen Bubb, director of Cha...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Reconstruction Era and Gilded Age, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one bo...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Reconstruction Era and Gilded Age, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one bo...

The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, from the New York Times bestselling ...

Arthur Curtiss James: Unsung Titan of the Gilded Age is about the extraordinary life and times of Arthur Curtis James, a relatively unknown railroa...