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Author : Suzanne Corbett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578649822
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (498 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Table written by Suzanne Corbett and published by . This book was released on 2015-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles William Calhoun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742550384
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Charles William Calhoun and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broad in scope, The Gilded Age brings together sixteen original essays that offer lively syntheses of modern scholarship while making their own interpretive arguments. These engaging pieces allow students to consider the various societal, cultural and political factors that make studying the Gilded Age crucial to our understanding of America today.
Author : Esther Crain
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 031635368X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 written by Esther Crain and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover. In forty short years, New York City suddenly became a city of skyscrapers, subways, streetlights, and Central Park, as well as sprawling bridges that connected the once-distant boroughs. In Manhattan, more than a million poor immigrants crammed into tenements, while the half of the millionaires in the entire country lined Fifth Avenue with their opulent mansions. The Gilded Age in New York captures what is was like to live in Gotham then, to be a daily witness to the city's rapid evolution. Newspapers, autobiographies, and personal diaries offer fascinating glimpses into daily life among the rich, the poor, and the surprisingly large middle class. The use of photography and illustrated periodicals provides astonishing images that document the bigness of New York: the construction of the Statue of Liberty; the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge; the shimmering lights of Luna Park in Coney Island; the mansions of Millionaire's Row. Sidebars detail smaller, fleeting moments: Alice Vanderbilt posing proudly in her "Electric Light" ball gown at a society-changing masquerade ball; immigrants stepping off the boat at Ellis Island; a young Theodore Roosevelt witnessing Abraham Lincoln's funeral. The Gilded Age in New York is a rare illustrated look at this amazing time in both the city and the country as a whole. Author Esther Crain, the go-to authority on the era, weaves first-hand accounts and fascinating details into a vivid tapestry of American society at the turn of the century. Praise for New-York Historical Society New York City in 3D In The Gilded Age, also by Esther Crain: "Vividly captures the transformation from cityscape of horse carriages and gas lamps 'bursting with beauty, power and possibilities' as it staggered into a skyscraping Imperial City." -Sam Roberts, The New York Times "Get a glimpse of Edith Wharton's world." - Entertainment Weekly Must List "What better way to revisit this rich period . . ?" - Library Journal
Author : Wayne Craven
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393067545
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (675 download)
Download or read book Gilded Mansions written by Wayne Craven and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age (1865-1918) saw the sudden rise of America's first High Society, including such prominent families as the Astors, Whitneys, and Vanderbilts. As an aristocracy based on fortunes recently acquired, these families endeavored to live like Europe's blue-blooded nobility, shedding Puritan restraint as they joyously flaunted their new wealth--especially where their homes were concerned. They erected French chateaus and Italian palazzos on New York's Fifth Avenue, at Newport, and elsewhere, often taking inspiration from Parisian styles of the Second Empire. They rejected more modest American styles just as they rejected middle-class society, and for interior decoration they turned to such artisans as Tiffany, Herter Brothers, and Allard's of Paris. Immensely readable and illuminated with 250 stunning color and black-and-white illustrations, this is the fascinating story of America's first millionaire society, the way they lived and partied, and the lush artistic and cultural legacy they established.
Author : Joel Shrock
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313062218
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Joel Shrock and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-06-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age—the time between Reconstruction and the Spanish-American War—marked the beginnings of modern America. The advertising industry became an important part of selling the American Dream. Americans dined out more than ever before, and began to take leisure activities more seriously. Women's fashion gradually grew less restrictive, and architecture experienced an American Renaissance. Twelve narrative chapters chronicle how American culture changed and grew near the end of the 20th century. Included are chapter bibliographies, a timeline, a cost comparison, and a suggested reading list for students. This latest addition to Greenwood's American Popular Culture Through History series is an invaluable contribution to the study of American popular culture. American Popular Culture Through History is the only reference series that presents a detailed, narrative discussion of U.S. popular culture. This volume is one of 17 in the series, each of which presents essays on Everyday America, The World of Youth, Advertising, Architecture, Fashion, Food, Leisure Activities, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Travel, and Visual Arts
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807834742
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Turning the Tables written by and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning the Tables
Author : Danny Miller
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1780335555
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Edge written by Danny Miller and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the Swinging Sixties but not all barriers have come down - the aristocrats and financial power players still gather around the exclusive gaming tables of the Montcler Club in Berkeley Square while the rest slum it in the underground ska clubs and elicit drinking dens in Notting Hill. And it's against this background of London society and villainy that detective Vince Treadwell enters when investigating the seemingly unrelated murder of a young black woman in Notting Hill and blue-blooded Johnny Beresford in Belgravia. As Vince digs deeper he finds himself embroiled in a secret world of debauchery and corruption, where the underworld happily mixes with the aristocracy, and where no one remains an innocent victim. Praise for Kiss Me Quick: 'A thrilling read.' - Buzz Magazine 'Dark and involved.' - Daily Express Unmissable. - Best 'This unusual and atmospheric crime novel suggests that Danny Miller is a writer to watch.' - Good Book Guide '...one of those books that literally grabs you from page one.' - The Week
Author : Judith Freeman Clark
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108842
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Judith Freeman Clark and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates how historical events appeared to those who lived through the Gilded Age. This book includes critical documents as well as capsule biographies of more than 100 key figures. It contains maps, graphs, and charts and each chapter provides an introductory essay and a chronology of events.
Author : Aimee Agresti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547626142
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Illuminate written by Aimee Agresti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brainy, shy high school outcast interning at a Chicago hotel discovers that the hotel staff has an evil agenda planned for her classmates on prom night.
Author : Robert Dirks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144224514X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Food in the Gilded Age written by Robert Dirks and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age is renowned for a variety of reasons, including its culture of conspicuous consumption among the newly rich. In the domain of food, conspicuous consumption manifested itself in appetites for expensive dishes and lavish dinner parties. These received ample publicity at the time, resulting later on in well-developed historical depictions of upper-class eating habits. This book delves into the eating habits of people of lesser means. Concerning the African American community, the working class, the impoverished, immigrants, and others our historical representations have been relatively superficial. The author changes that by turning to the late nineteenth century’s infant science of nutrition for a look at eating and drinking through the lens of the earliest food consumption studies conducted in the United States. These were undertaken by scientists, mostly chemists, who left their laboratories to observe food consumption in kitchens, dining rooms, and various institutional settings. Their insistence on careful measurement resulted in a substantial body of detailed reports on the eating habits of ordinary people. This work sheds new light on what most Americans were cooking and eating during the Gilded Age.
Author : Becky Libourel Diamond
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493069462
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Age Cookbook written by Becky Libourel Diamond and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Gilded Age (1868 to 1900) and its extreme extravagance continue to be a source of wonder and fascination, particularly for foodies. The style and excessiveness of this era has ties to modern popular culture through books, films, and television shows, including The Alienist and the Julian Fellowes TV series The Gilded Age, on HBO. The Gilded Age Cookbook transports the reader back in time to lavish banquet tables set with snow-white linen tablecloths, delicate china, and sparkling crystal glasses. Cuisine featuring rich soups, juicy roasts, and luscious desserts come to life through historic images and artistic photography. Gilded Age details and entertaining stories of celebrities from the era—the Vanderbilts, Astors, Goelets, and Rockefellers—are melded with historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens.
Author : Aimee Agresti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544034791
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Infatuate written by Aimee Agresti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Illuminate continues her young adult fantasy series as teenage angel in training Hanna Terra finds big trouble in the Big Easy. Haven is still recovering from an internship that brought her to the brink of hell—literally—when a trip to New Orleans leads her into more trouble. There, while taking part in a student volunteer program, Haven and her friends Dante and Lance run across an enclave of devils. Known as the Krewe, these shape-shifting devils are more reckless and vicious than any Haven has encountered before. Good thing her French Quarter housemates also happen to be angels in training. To earn their wings, they must face off with the Krewe. But Haven’s resolve is tested when Lucian, the repentant devil who almost stole her heart, resurfaces to ask for her help escaping the underworld. Can he be trusted? Or will aiding him cost Haven not just her angel wings—but her life? “Infatuate will not leave you disappointed! There's plenty of love drama packed into this page-turner."—Seventeen.com
Author : John D. Buenker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317471687
Total Pages : 1412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era written by John D. Buenker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, political developments, organizations, and other forces that led to significant changes in the U.S. in that era. Seventeen initial stand-alone essays describe as many themes.
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Library of America
ISBN 13 : 9781931082105
Total Pages : 1094 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Mark Twain: The Gilded Age and Later Novels (LOA #130) written by Mark Twain and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2002-01-07 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand," Mark Twain once wrote. In this sixth volume in The Library of America's authoritative collection of his writings-the final volume of his fiction-America's greatest humorist emerges in a surprising range of roles: as the savvy satirist of The Gilded Age, the brilliant plotter of its inventive sequel, The American Claimant, and, in two Tom Sawyer novels, as the acknowledged master revisiting his best-loved characters. Also in this volume is the authoritative version of Twain's haunting last novel, No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger, left unpublished when he died. The Gilded Age (1873), a collaboration with Hartford neighbor Charles Dudley Warner, sends up an age when vast fortunes piled up amid thriving corruption and a city Twain knew well, Washington, D.C., full of would-be power brokers and humbug. The novel also gives us one of Twain's most enduring characters, Colonel Sellers, who returns in The American Claimant (1892), an encore performance that moves beyond the worldly satire of its predecessor into realms of sheer inventive mayhem. Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) and Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896) extend the adventures of Huck and Tom. No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger (1908), an astonishing psychic adventure set in the gothic gloom of a medieval Austrian village, offers a powerful and uncanny exploration of the powers of the human mind. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Author : William Macdougal Odom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A History of Italian Furniture from the Fourteenth to the Early Nineteenth Centuries written by William Macdougal Odom and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Man (El Dorado) and other pictures of the Spanish occupancy of America written by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While the early Spanish adventurers in America are justly charged with neglecting the true interests of colonization in their excessive greed for treasure, and thereby bringing harm to those parts of the Western Continent which they entered, it cannot be denied that their irrepressible seeking for the precious metals contributed directly to an earlier knowledge and a more rapid settlement of the country. The Spaniards' thirst for gold led them into adventures which excite admiration and wonder as expressions of manly energy, while they offer the saddest pictures from the point of view of morals." 'The Gilded Man' is a historical novel looking at the impact of the Spanish adventurers who explored and colonized the Americas from the fifteenth century.
Author : A.F Bandelier
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752407727
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Man (El Dorado) written by A.F Bandelier and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Gilded Man (El Dorado) by A.F Bandelier
