The rise of the nouveaux riches : style and status in Victorian and Edwardian architecture
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The rise of the nouveaux riches : style and status in Victorian and Edwardian architecture
John Murray, 1999
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Includes index
Bibliographical references included in "Notes...": p. 283-319
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This work describes the houses of the richest nouveaux riches - the Rothschilds, the Guinnesses, the Barings, etc. - and explains the economic and social context which sustained their extraordinary lifestyles. In effect, the book tells the story of the remaking of the British ruling class.
目次
- Introduction: 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 elite. The House of Commons, 1846 - relealing the Corn Laws
- Scotland - new money in the Highlands and Islands
- high society - the smart set and the souls
- Pall Mall and St James's - the "Nouveaux Riches" in Clubland
- cruising with the Royal Yacht Squadron
- Parliament, 1911 - Commons, Lords and Plutocrats
- sporting rituals - shooting, hunting and racing
- postscript - from Belgrave Square to Port Lympne.
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