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- catalog abstract ""There have been many books about Victorian and Edwardian houses, but this is the first to concentrate on the taste of the nouveaux riches. Not just the rich but the very rich: millionaires and multi-millionaires who grew wealthy in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution." "This book describes the houses of the richest nouveaux riches - the Rothschilds, the Guinnesses, the Beits and the Brasseys, the Barings, the Wernhers, the Tennants, the Sassoons - and explains the economic and social context which sustained their extraordinary lifestyles. The impact of their wealth on the fabric of fashionable society was striking."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Style and status in Victorian and Edwardian architecture".
- catalog contributor b11141825.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""There have been many books about Victorian and Edwardian houses, but this is the first to concentrate on the taste of the nouveaux riches. Not just the rich but the very rich: millionaires and multi-millionaires who grew wealthy in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution." "This book describes the houses of the richest nouveaux riches - the Rothschilds, the Guinnesses, the Beits and the Brasseys, the Barings, the Wernhers, the Tennants, the Sassoons - and explains the economic and social context which sustained their extraordinary lifestyles. The impact of their wealth on the fabric of fashionable society was striking."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Crossing the line: the titled and untitled aristocracy -- The style of millionaires: country houses, 1810-1914 -- Privilege and the picturesque: new money in the Lake District, 1774-1914 -- The new plutocracy: London houses, 1870-1939 -- The age of money: images of a new élite: The House of Commons, 1846: repealing the Corn Laws ; Scotland: new money in the Highlands and the Islands ; High society: the smart set and the souls ; Pall Mall and St. James's: the nouveaux riches in clubland ; The Royal Yacht Squadron: new money at Cowes ; Parliament, 1911: Commons, Lords and plutocrats ; Sporting rituals: shooting, hunting and racing ; Postscript: from Belgrave Square to Port Lympne.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-319) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 354 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0719560403".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : John Murray,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "728.086210941 21".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic Social aspects Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Country homes Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "HT653.G7 C75 1999".
- catalog subject "Rich people Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Rich people Great Britain History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Crossing the line: the titled and untitled aristocracy -- The style of millionaires: country houses, 1810-1914 -- Privilege and the picturesque: new money in the Lake District, 1774-1914 -- The new plutocracy: London houses, 1870-1939 -- The age of money: images of a new élite: The House of Commons, 1846: repealing the Corn Laws ; Scotland: new money in the Highlands and the Islands ; High society: the smart set and the souls ; Pall Mall and St. James's: the nouveaux riches in clubland ; The Royal Yacht Squadron: new money at Cowes ; Parliament, 1911: Commons, Lords and plutocrats ; Sporting rituals: shooting, hunting and racing ; Postscript: from Belgrave Square to Port Lympne.".
- catalog title "Style and status in Victorian and Edwardian architecture".
- catalog title "The rise of the nouveaux riches : style and status in Victorian and Edwardian architecture / J. Mordaunt Crook.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".