pt. 1. The expatriate tradition -- pt. 2. The American leisure class -- pt. 3. Americans in London society -- pt. 4. 'Gilded prostitution' : money and marriage -- pt. 5. Titled Americans
Summary
This book examines the marriages of British peers to American women within the context of the opening up of London and New York society and the growing competitiveness for high social status. In London, American women were often blamed for the growing hedonism and materialism of smart society and for poaching in the marriage market. They were invariably described as frivolous, vain and calculating - a description which points to the simmering anti-American sentiment in Britain. It was even suggested that titled Americans were having a detrimental effect on the British peerage because of the
