gilded Culture

Glitter, Greed, and Ghosts of America’s Golden Age

Step through the velvet rope and into the splendor — and scandal — of America’s Gilded Age. Gilded Culture: America’s Age of Splendor pulls back the silk curtains on robber barons and rebel queens, secret feuds and million-dollar masquerades, daring strikers and hidden figures who refused to stay silent.

Meet the social gatekeepers who invented the guest list, the railroad kings who bought Congress by the mile, and the untold visionaries who invented more than just luxury. From the Astors’ 400 to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, from monkey butlers in Newport to strikes that rattled Wall Street’s marble towers, this book retells the era in crisp, surprising stories that linger long after the last waltz fades.

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