Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt : the story of a daughter and a mother in the Gilded Age
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New York : Harper Perennial, 2007.
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
ISBN
9780060938253, 0060938250
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xix, 579, 18 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, 2007.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780060938253, 0060938250
Notes
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Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-557) and index.
Description
When Consuelo's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, enthusiastically supported by Consuelo's mother, Alva, who was determined to attain the top of New York society. She was adamant that her daughter should make a grand marriage to the underfunded Duke of Marlborough--it didn't matter that Consuelo loved someone else. However, the story of Consuelo and Alva is not simply one of the emptiness of wealth, of the glamour of the Gilded Age, and of enterprising social ambition. This is an account of how two women struggled to break free from the materialistic world into which they were born, taking up the fight for female equality. Consuelo threw herself into good works, and her social and political campaigns proved an antidote to loneliness. Alva embraced the militant suffragette movement in America, campaigning vehemently for women's rights until she died.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stuart, A. M. (2007). Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: the story of a daughter and a mother in the Gilded Age (1st Harper Perennial ed.). Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie. 2007. Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie. Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age Harper Perennial, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie. Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age 1st Harper Perennial ed., Harper Perennial, 2007.
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