The Resource The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York, Anne de Courcy
The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York, Anne de Courcy
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The item The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York, Anne de Courcy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
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The item The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York, Anne de Courcy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- Towards the end of the 19th century and for the first few years of the 20th, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, 50 years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world - the New World, to be precise. From 1874, the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known 'Dollar Princess', married Randolph Churchill, to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour and sophistication of the Gilded Age. Anne de Courcy sets the stories of these young women and their families in the context of their times. Based on extensive first-hand research, drawing on diaries, memoirs and letters, this richly entertaining group biography reveals what they thought of their new lives in England
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474601436
- Label
- The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York
- Title
- The husband hunters
- Title remainder
- social climbing in London and New York
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne de Courcy
- Subject
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- Women -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Courtship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Towards the end of the 19th century and for the first few years of the 20th, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, 50 years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world - the New World, to be precise. From 1874, the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known 'Dollar Princess', married Randolph Churchill, to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour and sophistication of the Gilded Age. Anne de Courcy sets the stories of these young women and their families in the context of their times. Based on extensive first-hand research, drawing on diaries, memoirs and letters, this richly entertaining group biography reveals what they thought of their new lives in England
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- De Courcy, Anne
- Dewey number
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- 941'.08'09252
- 941'.08'082
- 941.08082
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Americans
- Great Britain
- Women
- Courtship
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- History
- Label
- The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York, Anne de Courcy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781474601436
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474601436
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- Label
- The husband hunters : social climbing in London and New York, Anne de Courcy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781474601436
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474601436
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Subject
- Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Courtship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- History
- Women -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Library Locations
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Westminster City ArchivesBorrow it10 St Ann's Street, London, SW1P 2DE, GB51.49747499999999 -0.130671
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