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The perennial Philadelphians; : the anatomy of an American aristocracy

Label
The perennial Philadelphians; : the anatomy of an American aristocracy
Title
The perennial Philadelphians;
Title remainder
the anatomy of an American aristocracy
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1913-2003
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Burt, Nathaniel
Dewey number
917.4811
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
Index
no index present
LC call number
F158.3
LC item number
.B97
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Upper class
  • Manners and customs
  • Upper class
  • Pennsylvania
  • Oberschicht
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
Label
The perennial Philadelphians; : the anatomy of an American aristocracy
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-608)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Thar' she blows" -- Myths -- Position -- "Not" -- Recherche and solid -- The middle of the middle -- Family -- "Where scrapples eat biddle" -- Later biddles -- Others -- Born retired -- Plain and fancy -- Home and away -- 1740 and all that -- Ivy -- Country club -- Rights of passage -- Sacred professions -- Medicine -- Chaste fellowship -- Law -- Chancellors -- Outsiders -- Forensic eloquence -- Grand old men -- Insurance: the memory of Washington -- Banking: "Saviors of their country" -- In Girard we trust -- Family firms -- Rusty cranes -- The iron potts -- The iron triangle II: railroads -- The iron triangle III: coal -- Petty kings -- Whither? -- The list -- Boards -- Boards: worthwhile -- Facts & things -- F.B.F.F. & O. -- The first library -- Offspring -- "Speed the plough" -- Boards: ornamental -- Clubs -- Sons and daughters -- City troop -- "It is proposed ..." -- Sports: "The unspeakable and the uneatable" -- The Schuylkill Navy -- Sticky wickets -- The cuckoo -- Humane and eccentric -- Boeotia -- Bishop's length and kit-cat -- Illustrators -- A.A. (after the armory) -- The royal succession -- Boards: aesthetic -- Art and argyrol -- Monuments -- Killed by kindness -- The three b's -- Brandywiners-and others -- The Mitchell coterie -- Post-war -- God helps those ... -- Carey and Lea -- 1792 and all that -- Sacred few -- 1728 and all that -- Nearly everybody -- Theatre -- Poor players -- "It's good to be home" -- Philadelphia story -- Music -- Philanthropy -- The academy -- Brown velvet -- Opera -- Why, Why? -- Amateurs -- Professionals -- The dance -- Exordium -- The sciences -- Living -- The world of Eberlein -- With the sun -- North of market -- Suburbia in excelsis -- Home away from home -- C and c -- Renaissance -- Redevelopment -- Minorities -- Erin go up -- Sine nob -- Gentry -- "Sacred honor -- Madeira from sour grapes
Control code
ocm01383953
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
first edition.
Extent
xiv, 625 pages
Lccn
63014956
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits, maps (on lining papers)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a218040
  • (OCoLC)01383953
Label
The perennial Philadelphians; : the anatomy of an American aristocracy
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-608)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Thar' she blows" -- Myths -- Position -- "Not" -- Recherche and solid -- The middle of the middle -- Family -- "Where scrapples eat biddle" -- Later biddles -- Others -- Born retired -- Plain and fancy -- Home and away -- 1740 and all that -- Ivy -- Country club -- Rights of passage -- Sacred professions -- Medicine -- Chaste fellowship -- Law -- Chancellors -- Outsiders -- Forensic eloquence -- Grand old men -- Insurance: the memory of Washington -- Banking: "Saviors of their country" -- In Girard we trust -- Family firms -- Rusty cranes -- The iron potts -- The iron triangle II: railroads -- The iron triangle III: coal -- Petty kings -- Whither? -- The list -- Boards -- Boards: worthwhile -- Facts & things -- F.B.F.F. & O. -- The first library -- Offspring -- "Speed the plough" -- Boards: ornamental -- Clubs -- Sons and daughters -- City troop -- "It is proposed ..." -- Sports: "The unspeakable and the uneatable" -- The Schuylkill Navy -- Sticky wickets -- The cuckoo -- Humane and eccentric -- Boeotia -- Bishop's length and kit-cat -- Illustrators -- A.A. (after the armory) -- The royal succession -- Boards: aesthetic -- Art and argyrol -- Monuments -- Killed by kindness -- The three b's -- Brandywiners-and others -- The Mitchell coterie -- Post-war -- God helps those ... -- Carey and Lea -- 1792 and all that -- Sacred few -- 1728 and all that -- Nearly everybody -- Theatre -- Poor players -- "It's good to be home" -- Philadelphia story -- Music -- Philanthropy -- The academy -- Brown velvet -- Opera -- Why, Why? -- Amateurs -- Professionals -- The dance -- Exordium -- The sciences -- Living -- The world of Eberlein -- With the sun -- North of market -- Suburbia in excelsis -- Home away from home -- C and c -- Renaissance -- Redevelopment -- Minorities -- Erin go up -- Sine nob -- Gentry -- "Sacred honor -- Madeira from sour grapes
Control code
ocm01383953
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
first edition.
Extent
xiv, 625 pages
Lccn
63014956
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits, maps (on lining papers)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a218040
  • (OCoLC)01383953

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