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"e;Our Crowd"e;
The Great Jewish Families of New York
E-bok, 2026
296 kr
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A fascinating and absorbing chapter of New York social and financial historyit is hard to understand why it has never been written before. Louis AuchinclossWhen it comes to the folkways of the rich, the powerful, and the privileged, Stephen Birmingham knows what hes talking about. Los Angeles …
Right People
A Portrait of the American Social Establishment
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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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 …
Grandees
America’s Sephardic Elite
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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Tracing their origins to medieval Portugal and Spain, the Sephardic Jews consider themselves ‘the nobility of Jewry,’ in contrast to their pushier and more aggressive German counterparts. They were also the first Jews to inhabit the new world—first exiled from Spain and Portugal, and then forced …
Right Places
(For The Right People)
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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Where are the Right Places, those exclusive locations where the privileged live and play? You may be in for a surprise. For as Stephen Birmingham shows, in the same witty, penetrating style that characterized his other studies of the elite, the Right Places could be just about anywhere, from …
Real Lace
America’s Irish Rich
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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America’s Irish Catholic rich have long enjoyed the designation of F.I.F., or First Irish Family or “Real Lace”, as it delineates their place in the “Irishtocracy”, where names such as Cuddihy, Murray, Doheny, and McDonnell inspire respect and awe. Yet, in almost every case, their origins in this …
Golden Dream
Suburbia in the 1970s
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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In this chatty, anecdotal, and often ironic inquiry, Stephen Birmingham investigates the nesting habits, enjoyments, and frustrations of American suburban life in the Seventies. He explores the social organism that is the American suburb—from Scottsdale Arizona, and Salt Lake City’s suburbs, to New …
Life at the Dakota
New York's Most Unusual Address
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social history which describes the lives of the rich and trendy who have lived at the Dakota, a New York apartment house daringly erected in 1884, “too far up” and on the wrong side of town.In Stephen Birmingham’s witty chronicle, the atmosphere of …
California Rich
The lives, the times, the scandals and the fortunes of the men & women who made & kept California’s wealth
Häftad, 2016
198 kr
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Since the Gold Rush, California has represented a land of opportunity and bounty for a special breed of Americans. Heading west in pursuit of sunshine, riches, and elusive dreams, the early mavericks of California set out to make their fortunes--and often succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. …
Grandes Dames
The wonderfully uninhibited ladies who used their wealth & position to create American culture in their own images—from the Gilded Age to Modern Times
Häftad, 2016
245 kr
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Astor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. All family names that still adorn buildings, streets and charity foundations. While the men blazed across America with their oil, industry, and railways, the matriarchs founded art museums, opera houses, and symphony houses that functioned almost as private …
America's Secret Aristocracy
The Families that Built the United States
Häftad, 2016
250 kr
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America has always been a constitutionally classless society, yet an American aristocracy emerged anyway—a private club whose members run in the same circles and observe the same unwritten rules. Renowned social historian Stephen Birmingham reveals the inner workings of this aristocracy and …
"Our Crowd"
The Great Jewish Families of New York
Häftad, 2021
335 kr
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They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses into imposing enterprises and amassed …
Right People
The Social Establishment in America
E-bok, 2015
227 kr
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An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America''s extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd"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 …
"e;Our Crowd"e;
The Great Jewish Families of New York
E-bok, 2015
159 kr
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The #1 New York Times bestseller that traces the rise of the Guggenheims, the Goldmans, and other families from immigrant poverty to social prominence.They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From …
"e;The Rest of Us"e;
The Rise of America''s Eastern European Jews
E-bok, 2015
235 kr
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The New York Times–bestselling history of the Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland who altered the American landscape from New York to Hollywood.The wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants who swept into New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by way of Ellis Island …
Real Lace
America''s Irish Rich
E-bok, 2015
221 kr
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Extraordinary true stories of the Irish in America, their remarkable rise from urban poverty, and the powerful dynasties they engenderedAuthor Stephen Birmingham, who chronicled the rise of Jewish immigrants to extraordinary wealth and success in "Our Crowd", now turns his attention to the Irish. …
Life at the Dakota
New York''s Most Unusual Address
E-bok, 2015
303 kr
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A history of the Manhattan building and its famous tenants, from Lauren Bacall to John Lennon, by the New York Times–bestselling author of "Our Crowd".When Singer sewing machine tycoon Edward Clark built a luxury apartment building on Manhattan''s Upper West Side in the late 1800s, it was …
Grandees
America''s Sephardic Elite
E-bok, 2015
214 kr
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The New World''s earliest Jewish immigrants and their unique, little-known history: A New York Times bestseller from the author of Life at the Dakota.In 1654, twenty-three Jewish families arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York) aboard a French privateer. They were the Sephardim, members of a proud …
Carriage Trade
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
166 kr
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The suspicious death of a New York retail tycoon reveals dangerous cracks in a family''s foundation in this page-turning novel of wealth, jealousy, betrayal, and murderOne of New York''s most elegant and exclusive retail establishments, Tarkington''s has been the preferred shopping experience of …
Wrong Kind of Money
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
166 kr
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A gripping novel of dark family secrets, bigotry, lust, and lies set in the world of the phenomenally wealthyThe Liebling family is among the wealthiest in New York, but in the eyes of "old money" gentile aristocrats like the patrician Van Degans, they will always be lower-class Jewish nouveau …
Auerbach Will
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
246 kr
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A poignant and unforgettable rags-to-riches family saga following three generations of a remarkable clan from downtown ghetto to Park Avenue opulence Marrying Jack Auerbach was Essie Litsky''s salvation, enabling her to break free of her strict Russian-Jewish immigrant parents and escape New …
Shades of Fortune
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
241 kr
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From the New York Times–bestselling author of "Our Crowd": A novel of a powerful family, a cosmetics empire, and the dark secrets that could destroy both.Mireille "Mimi" Myerson took her grandfather''s struggling cosmetics company and turned it into an empire. But suddenly, as she prepares to …
LeBaron Secret
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
213 kr
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An aging California vintner is determined to protect her empire from a hostile family takeover and the dark secrets that could destroy everything she lovesAt age seventy-four, Assaria "Sari" LeBaron is still a force to be reckoned with. For decades, she has run the Baronet Vineyards, one of …
Jews in America Trilogy
"Our Crowd," The Grandees, and "The Rest of Us"
E-bok, 2016
286 kr
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Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of America''s most influential Jewish families as they transition from poor immigrants to household names.In his acclaimed trilogy, author Stephen Birmingham paints an engrossing portrait of Jewish American life from the colonial era through the …
Novels of Stephen Birmingham
Carriage Trade, The Wrong Kind of Money, The Auerbach Will, and Shades of Fortune
E-bok, 2017
182 kr
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A quartet of novels from the New York Times–bestselling author of "Our Crowd" and master chronicler of Manhattan''s rich, famous, and deceitful.These four gripping novels prove that "when it comes to the folkways of the rich, the powerful, and the privileged, Stephen Birmingham knows what he''s …
Writer Writes
A Memoir
Av Stephen Birmingham, Carey Birmingham
E-bok, 2022
153 kr
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A memoir by the New York Times–bestselling author and longtime chronicler of America''s wealthy elite.Born in Connecticut in 1929 and educated at Williams College, Stephen Birmingham went on to create a literary niche with his numerous nonfiction works about New York''s—and the nation''s—upper …
Headmaster's Wife
A Novel
E-bok, 2024
241 kr
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Cultural shifts of the late twentieth century reveal dark secrets at an elite prep school, in this posthumously discovered novel by the author of "Our Crowd."Located in bucolic Connecticut, the Crittenden School has long held a venerable reputation as one of New England''s premier preparatory …
America's Secret Aristocracy
The Families that Built the United States
E-bok, 2024
151 kr
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An "entertaining and perceptive" history of America''s most exclusive families, from the Brahmins of New England to the Grandees of California (The Washington Post).America has always been a constitutionally classless society, yet an American aristocracy emerged anyway—a private club whose members …
Barbara Greer
E-bok, 2024
175 kr
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From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Our Crowd comes this suspenseful novel of a suburban marriage—and the betrayal that threatens to tear it apart.Barbara Greer is the blue-chip product of an old money Connecticut family. But she leaves the world of New England society behind when she …
