Mrs. Astor's New York
Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age
by Eric Homberger
330 pages· 2004· ISBN 9780300105155
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Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story, told here by Eric Homberger, sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy.
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