The Right People A Portrait of the American Social Establishment
| Author/creator | Birmingham, Stephen Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lyons Press [Imprint] Guilford : Globe Pequot Press, The Blue Ridge Summit : National Book Network [Distributor] |
| Description | 372 p. ill 08.870 x 06.180 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for families of the former to become entrenched in the latter. Real Society is not about the money - or rather, it's not only about the money - it is about history, breeding, tradition, and most of all, the name. 'The Right People' is an engrossing and illuminating journey through the customs and habits of the phenomenally wealthy, from the San Francisco elite to the upper crust of New York's Westchester County. It is a marvelously anecdotal, intimately detailed overview of the lives of the American aristocracy: where they gather and dine; their games and sports, clubs and parties, friendships and feuds; their mating, marriage, and divorce rituals. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781493024674 |
| ISBN | 1493024671 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00010739 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |