Confidence men and painted women : a study of middle-class culture in America, 1830-1870
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300037883
- ISBN: 9780300028355
- ISBN: 0300037880
- ISBN: 0300028350
- ISBN: 9780300166644
- ISBN: 0300166648
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) : illustrations
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Computer data. - Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1982]
- Copyright: �1982
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The Era of the Confidence Man -- 2. Hypocrisy and Sincerity in the World of Strangers -- 3. Sentimental Culture and the Problem of Fashion -- 4. Sentimental Culture and the Problem of Etiquette -- 5. Mourning the Dead: A Study in Sentimental Ritual -- 6. Disguises, Masks and the Parlor Theatricals: The Decline of Sentimental Culture in the 1850s -- Conclusion. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | History. |