The Social Register A Glimpse of America's Elite Snobbery
Deborah Harp examines the Social Register and its Observer companion as windows into an exclusive aristocracy. The list, built on birth and marriage, tracks 30,000 white, upper crust families including Kennedys and Roosevelts, while provoking guilt and debate over wealth, inclusion, and modern branding.
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York
America
Social Register
Carlyle
Register
Astor
Auchincloss
Cabot
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Social Register Observer
Mississippi
Stillman Loomis
New Canaan
Sidney Biddle
Thomas Jones
The
Observer
Barrows
Jones
Bobby Short
Jessye Norman
Thurgood Marshall
Short
Carlyle Hotel
Upper East Side
Gloria Vanderbilt
Atlantic Ocean
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Jim Weiss
Equities
State Street Research and Management Co
Boston
Kenneth M. Sheinberg
SG Cowen Securities
Greg A. Smith
Prudential Securities
Smith
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