Newport, our social capital (The Leisure class in America)

1990 reprint of the classic work originally published in 1905. Lavishly illustrated, Mrs. King Van Rensselaer describes Newport in her time and provides a robust history going back to its original settlement. Chapters include Climate; Society; Bellevue Avenue; The Cliff Walk; The Ocean Drive and Kindred Spur Roads; The Beautiful Harbor of Newport; History and First Settlement; On the Verge of Revolution; Newport During the War; British and French Occupation of Newport; Religious Founders; Freemasons; Native and Visiting Artists; Backward Glances; Women of Newport; Slave-Ships, Pirates, and Privateersmen; Newport Naval Heroes, and Centres of Interest. Includes 95 illustrations, plus a fold-out map of Newport and a Key to Residences and Points of Interest.