Mansions of Morris County - Rilegato

Rae, John W.

 
9781531600426: Mansions of Morris County
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 1531600425 ISBN 13: 9781531600426
Casa editrice: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 1999

Sinossi

This pictorial record of Morris County, New Jersey, traces the dramatic rise of America's least-known colony of millionaires during the Gilded Age. The area became a country retreat for the upper class. Families such as the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Kountzes, Wolffs, Dodges, and Claflins built impressive estates in the area referred to as the
"inland Newport." By the 1920s, the prominence of Morris County was eclipsed by the lure of Long Island, and its economy was being threatened by the Depression. Faced with high taxes from the newly established income tax, skyrocketing maintenance costs, and a dwindling reservoir of help, the wealthy residents began razing their mansions. Although many of these vast estates have been long gone and forgotten, author John W. Rae's collection of early Morris County photographs recaptures the area's palatial homes in their full grandeur. Within the pages of Morris County Mansions, Rae invites you to join him on a visual tour of the magnificent architecture of the Gilded Age. Meet the area's
prominent families and discover little-known facts about the homes in which they resided.

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Editore
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Data di pubblicazione
1999
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1531600425
ISBN 13 
9781531600426
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
130
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780738500645: Mansions of Morris County

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ISBN 10:  073850064X ISBN 13:  9780738500645
Casa editrice: Arcadia Pub, 1999
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