Main entry:

Crook, J. Mordaunt (Joseph Mordaunt), 1937-

Title & Author:

The rise of the nouveaux riches : style and status in Victorian and Edwardian architecture / J. Mordaunt Crook.

Publication:

London : John Murray, 1999.

Description:

xiv, 354 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0719560403
9780719560408
0719560500 (pbk.)
9780719560507 (pbk.)

Subject:

Rich people Great Britain History 19th century.
Rich people Great Britain History 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic Social aspects Great Britain.
Riches Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Riches Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique Aspect social Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture, Domestic Social aspects.
Rich people.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Landhuizen.
Great Britain.
Welgestelden.
Nouveaux riches Great Britain history

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202338
Call No.: NA7620 .C7 1999
Status: Available