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Ashland, Linda,
160

Atherton, Calif.,
153

Atlanta, Ga.:

old families,
75–76

private clubs,
68–77

urban life in,
192
,
194

Atlanta Constitution
,
75
,
76

Atlanta Journal
,
75
,
76

Autry, Gene,
7

Baker, James A., site of house,
7

Baker, John,
50

Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.,
134
,
135

Baldwin Hills, Calif.,
198

Barclay Classes,
78
,
177

Barlow, Haven,
28

Bell, Griffin,
68
,
75
,
79

Belvedere,
124

Benjamin, Allan,
158–159

Berwyn, Pa.,
134
,
135

Best, Mrs. Hugh,
136

Beverly Hills, Calif.,
166
,
172

sex practices in,
181

Bing, Rudolf,
71

Birmingham, Mich.,
64

Birnam Wood Club, Santa Barbara,
164

Black, Mrs. Jennie Prince,
127

blacks, acceptance of,
174
,
198–199

in Atlanta clubs,
71
,
77

in Grosse Pointe, Mich.,
174

in Philadelphia suburbs,
67
,
139

in Rye, N.Y.,
119

Blood and Money
, Thompson,
6

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.,
64
,
174

financial burdens of life in,
183–185

Bloomingdale's ladies' room handbag story,
190
n
.

Boston, Mass.,
131
,
141

Quincy Market,
197

urban life in,
192

water views,
193

Boulders, The, Ariz.,
16

Brace, Dr. Charles,
125–126

Brando, Marlon,
60

Brigham Young University,
25

Bronfman, Edgar,
106

Bronfman, Samuel,
124

Brown, Franklin Q.,
126–127

Brown, Walston H.,
126–127

Bryce, Mrs. Angelica Schuyler,
165

Bryce, Peter Cooper,
165

Bryn Mawr, Pa.,
133
,
134
,
176

Buffalo, N.Y., sex practices in,
182

Buffalo Tennis & Squash Club,
182

Burlingame, Calif.,
153

Bush, George,
5

Butes, James, site of house,
8

Butler, Michael,
161

Camargo Country Club,
48
,
51

Candidate, The
,
154

Candler, Asa W.,
76

Candler, John S., II,
76

Capital City Club,
68–69
,
73

Carefree, Ariz.,
16–18

Carnegie, Nancy (Mrs. Percy Rockefeller),
94

Carroll, Gen. Howard,
123

Carrollcliff,
123–124

Carter, Frank,
69
,
82

Carter, Jimmy,
68

Carter, Victor, II,
8

Carter, Victor, III,
8

Castellane, Count Paul Ernest Boniface de,
125

Castro, Raul,
13

Cedarhurst, N.Y.,
197

Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions,
165

Chambers, Ann Cox,
75–76

change in suburbs, causes of,
197–200

Chapin, Roy,
64

charity, local, as means of social entry,
178

Charleston, S.C.,
131
,
193

Chase, Harold,
165

Chase, Pearl,
162
,
165

Cherokee Club,
72

Chicago, Ill.,
192
,
194–195

water views,
193

children, advantage of, in suburbs,
177

Churchill, Winston,
127

church membership,
177

Cincinnati, Ohio,
39–46
,
131
,
141

Blue Book
,
54

cultural life,
52

Fountain Square,
41–42

Mount Adams,
193
,
203

old families,
44
,
49–55

Procter & Gamble,
43–47

skyline,
41

Spring Grove Cemetery,
39–40

suburbs:

Amberley Village,
51

Clifton,
48

Glendale,
43
,
44
,
46
,
47

Grandin Road,
48–49
,
55–56

Hyde Park,
42
,
43
,
48–49
,
50
,
51
,
55–56

Indian Hill,
39
,
40
,
43
,
47–48
,
51
,
53

Madison Road,
48

Mariemont,
43
,
50

Terrace Park,
43
,
53

urban center,
41–42

urban problems,
171

water views,
193

Wesley Chapel,
45
,
172

Cincinnati
,
45

Cincinnati Country Club,
48
,
51

Cincinnati Enquirer
,
45
,
53

Cincinnati Post
,
45

city life,
188–191

problems of,
171–173

mental health in,
188–189

return to,
191
,
192–197

Cleveland, Ohio,
33–38

crime rate,
190

old families,
33

suburbs,
33
,
122

Hudson,
34–38

Peninsula,
37

urban life,
37–38
,
194–197

Clifton, Ohio,
48
,
171

club cars on commuter lines,
110–113

clubs, private,
see
private clubs

Coca-Cola families,
76

Cohen, Dolly,
53

Cohen, Jeffrey N.,
201

Cohen, John,
71

Collier Heights, Ga.,
198

Commerce Club,
72

commute, definition of,
106–107

commuting, art of,
107–114

Connecticut Turnpike,
86–87
,
99

Conrad, Barnaby,
161

Coral Casino,
166

Coronado High School, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
12

Corbett, Patricia (Mrs. Ralph),
49
,
55

Corbett, Ralph,
49

Corbett Foundation,
49

Corcoran, Robert,
200
,
201

Cornwall, Conn.,
174

Country Club of Detroit,
60

Country Club Plaza, shopping center,
180

country clubs,
see
private clubs

Courtlandt Place, Houston, Texas,
8–9

Cox, Lori,
11–13

Crest Hills Country Club,
51

crime:

comparative rates,
190

in Darien, Conn.,
100–102

Custance, James D.,
69
,
79

D. B. Cooper's,
23

Dallas, Texas, urban life in,
192

Darien, Conn.,
87
,
99–105
,
172
,
174
,
175

Darien Review
,
104

Darlington, Thomas,
17

Dartmouth College,
93

Daylesford, Pa.,
134

Daylight Time,
16

decor, interior,
176

Denver, Colo., urban living in,
194

Depew, Chauncey,
130

Detroit, Mich.,
57–64

old families,
57–58
,
61
,
62

Renaissance Plaza,
59
,
195

suburbs:

Birmingham,
64

Bloomfield Hills,
64

Grosse Pointe,
57–64
,
122
,
135
,
174
,
183

relationship to city,
59

urban life in,
192

Detroit Symphony,
59

Devereaux, Marion,
53–54

Devon, Pa.,
134

Dillman, Bradford,
161

Disabled American Veterans,
13

discrimination:

against blacks,
61
,
69
,
78–82

against Jews,
68–73
,
78–82

against single women,
156–158

divorce, incidence of,
190

in Hudson, Ohio,
35

reasons for,
187–188

in suburbs,
182

Dodge, Marcellus Huntley,
90–91

Douthit, Claude, Jr.,
146

Dow, Earl,
4

Downs, Hugh,
17

dress:

Main Line,
136

Santa Barbara,
161

Scottsdale, Ariz.,
14

Watch Hill, R.I.,
148

Drulie, Sylvia,
143

Drury, Samuel S.,
147

Duchin, Peter,
148

Dykema, Mrs. Raymond,
63

Eagle's Nest,
14

earthquake at Santa Barbara, Calif.,
163

East Aurora, N.Y.,
182

East Ridge Shopping Center,
154

Eccles, George,
26

Einstein, Albert,
145

Elite Directory
,
128

Elson, Edward,
72
,
76

Emeny, Brooks,
92

Emery, John,
49–50

Emery, Mary M.,
43
,
50

Emery Auditorium,
50

Fadiman, Clifton,
161

Fairfield County, Conn.,
87–105
,
122

family room,
187–188

Federal Heights, Utah,
21

financial burdens of suburban life,
183–185

Finneran, Jane,
54–55

Fish, Mrs. Stuyvesant,
147

Five Towns area of Long Island, N.Y.,
197–198

Flagler, Henry Morrison,
133

Florestal,
165

food, in suburbs,
176

eaten by rich people,
74

Ford, Eleanor (Mrs. Edsel),
62

Ford, Emory,
62

Ford, Frederick Clifford,
62

Ford, Henry, Sr.,
61
,
63

Ford, Henry, II,
61–62
,
64

Ford, John B.,
62

Ford, Walter Buhl,
62

Franklin, DeJongh,
71
,
72

Franzen, Ulrich,
185

Frisch, Mrs. Robert,
81

Fromm, Erich,
188

Gable, Clark,
75

Galleria Shopping Center,
6

Gans, Herbert,
183

Gasner, Beverley,
198

Geier, Inga,
51

General Motors families,
165–166
,
183

Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Foundation,
97–98

Ghirardelli Square,
194

Gilligan, John,
55

Giralda,
90–91
,
98

Gladstone Car,
111–113

Gladwyne, Pa.,
133

Glendale, Ohio,
43
,
44
,
46
,
47
,
171

Godfather, The
,
60

Goldwater, Barry,
11
,
12

Gone with the Wind
,
75

Goodsell, Almira Geraldine (Mrs. William Rockefeller),
89

Goodstein, Jeanette (Mrs. Leonard),
186–188

Goodstein, Leonard,
15
,
186–188

Gordon, Ernest,
201
,
202

Gordon, The Rev. Ernest,
146

Gould, Anna (Duchesse de Talleyrand),
125

Gould, Jay,
124

Gracemere
,
129

Grand Central Station, N.Y., homosexual rendezvous in,
182

Grapple St., Rye, N.Y.,
119

Grasso, Ella,
111

Gratz, Helen (Mrs. Godfrey Rockefeller),
93

Gratz, Rebecca,
93

Great Salt Lake,
27–29

Green, Adelaide Browning (Mrs. H. Stuart),
129

Greenwich, Conn.,
87–98
,
99
,
117
,
167
,
172
,
174
,
175

railroad station, homosexuals in,
182

Grey, Mrs. Horace,
165

Griffin, Merv,
167

Grosse Pointe, Mich.,
57–64
,
122
,
135
,
174
,
183

automobile people in,
183

development of,
63

Ford families in,
61–62

Lake Shore Road,
64

relationship to Detroit,
59

Grosse Pointe City, Mich.,
59

Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.,
59
,
60

Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.,
59
,
60

Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.,
58
,
59

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