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100 1 $aJacob, Kathryn Allamong.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83143374
245 10 $aCapital elites :$bhigh society in Washington, D.C., after the Civil War /$cKathryn Allamong Jacob.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bSmithsonian Institution Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $ax, 318 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-302) and index.
505 0 $aCh. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. High Society Gets Underway in the New Capital: 1800-1860 -- Ch. 3. Washington Society Transformed: The Civil War and Its Aftermath in the Capital -- Ch. 4. The Blossoming of Official Society: 1868-1872 -- Ch. 5. Official Society Sullied by Scandal, Cleansed by Time: 1873-1900 -- Ch. 6. The First Rich Newcomers Trickle into Washington: 1865-1880 -- Ch. 7. A Rising Tide of Rich Newcomers Floods the Capital: 1881-1900 -- Ch. 8. "Dying Snails": The Old Elite Withdraws into Its Shell -- Ch. 9. Conclusion.
520 $aIn this social history of the nation's capital, Kathryn Allamong Jacob portrays the fancy dress balls, glittering embassy parties, and popular scandal that characterized Washington's high society during the Gilded Age. Jacob argues that the capital's social elite has always been unique because its fortunes - unlike those of aristocrats who ruled other American cities - are tied inextricably to the ubiquitous presence of the federal government.
520 8 $aJacob shows how the Civil War affected Washington like no other city, vanquishing the hereditary elite - the Antiques - and opening the gates to new millionaires - the Parvenues - who shaped the postwar society of the capital as they shifted its center from Lafayette Square to Dupont Circle.
520 8 $aWith plentiful detail about selfish First Ladies, bitter bluebloods, greedy lobbyists, and cabinet ministers who accepted bribes to support their families' social ambitions, Capital Elites describes the magnetic attraction of political power and the ways in which moneyed society affected the conduct of government during the Gilded Age.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xSocial life and customs.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145361
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