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New York society
Class mobility and social change in New York are illustrated by Alistair Cooke with the stories of the Astors, the Metropolitan Opera House, JP Morgan and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish.
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Fri 16 Jan 1998
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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