{"product_id":"domestic-manners-of-the-americans-paperback-softback-9781881089131","title":"Domestic Manners of the Americans (Paperback \/ softback) 9781881089131","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDomestic Manners of the Americans\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrances Trollope (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781881089131, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 October 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRichly 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003eEntrance of the Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Orleans…Society…Creoles and Quadroons…Voyage up the Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompany on board the Steam Boat…Scenery of the Mississippi…Crocodiles…Arrival at Memphis…Nashoba.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeparture from Memphis…Ohio River…Louisville…Cincinnati.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCincinnati…Forest Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eServants…Society…Evening Parties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket…Museum…Phrenological Society…Miss Wright’s Lecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbsence of public and private Amusement…Churches and Chapels…Influence of the Clergy…A Revival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchools…Climate…Water Melons…Fourth of July…Pigs…Moving Houses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemoval to the country…Walk in the forest…Equality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeasantry, compared to that of England…Early marriages…Charity…Independence and equality…Cottage prayer-meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheatre…Delicacy…Visit of the President.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Spring…Public ball…Separation of the sexes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCamp-Meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOmitted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeparture from Cincinnati…Society on board the Steam-boat…Arrival at Wheeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeparture for the Mountains in the Stage…Scenery of the Alleghany…Haggerstown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaltimore…Catholic Cathedral…St. Mary’s College.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoyage to Washington…Capitol…City of Washington…Congress…Indians…Funeral of a Member of Congress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOmitted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall Landed Proprietors…Slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFruits and Flowers of Maryland and Virginia…Elections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourney to Philadelphia…Chesapeak and Delaware Canal…City of Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWashington Square…American Beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuakers…Presbyterians…Itinerant Methodist Preacher…Market…Influence of females in society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReturn to Stonington…Thunder-storm…Emigrants…Illness…Alexandria.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Cooking…Evening Parties…Dress…Sleighing…Money-getting Habits…Tax-Gatherer’s Notice…Indian Summer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourney to New York…Delaware River…Stage-coach…City of New York…Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies…Public Garden…Churches….Morris Canal Carriages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOmitted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourney to Niagara…Hudson…West Point…Hyde Park…Albany…Yankees…Trenton Falls…Rochester…Genesee Falls…Lockport.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNiagara…Arrival at Forsythes…First sight of the Falls…Goat Island…The Rapids…Buffalo…Lake Erie…Canandaigua…State-coach adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReturn to New York…Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52449430864152,"sku":"9781881089131","price":24.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781881089131.jpg?v=1785199105","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/domestic-manners-of-the-americans-paperback-softback-9781881089131","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}