Confidence men and painted women : a study of middle-class culture in America, 1830-1870 / Karen Halttunen.

Main entry:

Halttunen, Karen, 1951-

Title & Author:

Confidence men and painted women : a study of middle-class culture in America, 1830-1870 / Karen Halttunen.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [1982]
©1982

Description:

xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series:

Yale historical publications. Miscellany ; 129

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index.
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.

Summary:

Karen Halttunen draws a vivid picture of the social and cultural development of the upwardly mobile middle class, basing her study on a survey of the conduct manuals and fashion magazines of mid-nineteenth-century America.

Resources:
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0300028350
9780300028355
0300037880
9780300037883

Subject:

Middle class United States History 19th century.
Social values.
Hypocrisy.
Sincerity.
Social history.
Social Class
Social Conditions
Social Control, Informal history
Social Values
Bourgeoisie États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Valeurs sociales.
Hypocrisie.
Sincérité.
Classes moyennes États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Histoire sociale.
social history.
American history: c 1800 to c 1900 c 1800 to c 1900 USA.
Social classes c 1800 to c 1900 USA.
Cultural studies c 1800 to c 1900 USA.
Middle class
Moral conditions
Middenklassen.
Sociale moraal.
Social values United States 19th century.
United States Moral conditions.
United States
États-Unis Conditions morales.
United States Social life and customs 1783-1865.
Geschichte 1830-1870

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Yale historical publications. Miscellany ; 129.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 101125
Call No.: PO2313; ID:86-B20156
Status: Available

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