Domestic Manners of the Americans

Name: Domestic Manners of the Americans
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ISBN: 9781881089131

ISBN-10: 1881089134

ISBN-13: 9781881089131

Edition: 1993

Authors: Frances Trollope, Frances M. Trollope

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Richly informative on American manners and morals in the early ninteenth century, this famous travel account also reveals much about the contrast between British and American culture.

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/20/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction


Entrance of the Mississippi


New Orleans


Society


Creoles and Quadroons


voyage up the Mississippi


Company on board the Steam Boat


Scenery of the Mississippi


Crocodiles


Arrival at Memphis


Nashoba


Departure from Memphis


Ohio River


Louisville


Cincinnati


Servants


Society


Evening Parties


Market


Museum


Phrenological Society


Miss Wright's Lecture


Absence of public and private Amusement


Churches and Chapels


Influence of the Clergy


A Revival


Schools


Climate


Water Melons


Fourth of July


Pigs


Moving Houses


Removal to the country


Walk in the forest


Equality



Religion



Peasantry, compared to that of England


Early marriages


Charity


Independence and equality


Cottage prayer-meeting



Theatre


Delicacy


Visit of the President



American Spring


Public ball


Separation of the sexes



Camp-Meeting



(Omitted)



Departure from Cincinnati


Society on board the Steam-boat


Arrival at Wheeling



Departure for the Mountains in the Stage


Scenery of the Alleghany


Haggerstown



Baltimore


Catholic Cathedral


St. Mary's College



Voyage to Washington


Capital


City of Washington


Congress


Indians


Funeral of a Member of Congress



(Omitted)



Small Landed Proprietors


Slavery



Fruits and Flowers of Maryland and Virginia


Elections



Journey to Philadelphia


Chesapeak and Delaware Canal


City of Philadelphia



Washington Square


American Beauty



Quakers


Presbyterians


Itinerant Methodist Preacher


Market


Influence of females in society



Return to Stonington


Thunder-storm


Emigrants


Illness


Alexandria



American Cooking


Evening Parties


Dress


Sleighing


Money-getting Habits


Tax-Gatherer's Notice


India Summer



Education



Journey to New York


Delaware River


Stage-coach


City of New York


Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies


Public Garden


Churches


Morris Canal


Carriages



(Omitted)



Journey to Nigara


Hudson


West Point


Hyde Park


Albany


Yankees


Trenton Falls


Rochester


Genesee Falls


Lockport



Niagara


Arrival at Forsythes


First sight of the Falls


Goat Island


The Rapids


Buffalo


Lake Erie


Canandaigua


State-coach adventures



Return to New York


Conclusion