Gilded Prostitution: Status, Money, and Transatlantic Marriages, 1870-1914

by Maureen E. Montgomery

The marriages of British peers to American women are examined within the context of the opening up of London and New York society and the growing competitiveness for high social status in London.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415006260
• ISBN13: 9780415006262
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.