What Would Mrs. Astor Do?
The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age
$54.75
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2018
Summary
A richly illustrated romp with America’s Gilded Age leisure class—and those angling to join it
Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States’ population doubled, accompanied by an unparalleled industrial expansion, and an explosion of wealth unlike any the world had ever seen. America was the foremost nation of the world, and New York City was its beating heart. There, the richest and most influential—Thomas Edison, J. P. Morgan, Edith Wharton, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479826858 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1479826855 |
| Author: | Cecelia Tichi |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Washington Mews Books |
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Critics Review
“A new etiquette guide…has just turned up, offering further proof that sliding around the naughty edges of society can be as informative as it is entertaining.” - Alida Becker (The New York Times Books Review) “Everyone followed the rules that Mrs. Astor laid down from the number of courses to be served at dinner to the appropriate time to arrive at the opera. The exteriors of life in this upper echelon are the subject of… What Would Mrs. Astor Do?.This was a society founded on exclusivity, with floods of tears from those who didn’t receive an invitation to Mrs. Astor’s annual ball.” - Anne de Courcy (The Wall Street Journal) “Tichidelivers a crisp survey of New Yorks upper-class world in the late 19th century, using society maven Caroline Astor as the guide…Presented with a breezy authority that keeps the pages turning,Tichi’s book will captivate those interested in a light look at Americas fashionable gentry of eras past.” (Publishers Weekly)
Cecelia Tichi
Cecelia Tichi is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. Her books include Jazz Age Cocktails, Gilded Age Cocktails, What Would Mrs. Astor Do? The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age and Civic Passions: Seven Who Launched Progressive America. Her mystery fiction includes the “Val and Roddy DeVere Gilded” series, set in the Gilded Age. Her website:
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