Title Transatlantic manners : social patterns in nineteenth-century Anglo-American travel literature / Christopher Mulvey

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Description xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations and sources; Preface; Introduction: 1. The Anglo-American traveller; Part I. American Society: 2. Merchant society; 3. Planter society; 4. Western man; 5. American woman; 6. The slave; 7. The uniformity of American life; Part II. English Society: 8. The English gentleman; 9. The aristocracy; 10. The social hierarchy; 11. Servants; 12. The poor; 13. The narrowness of English life; Conclusion: 14. An Anglo-Saxon light; Notes; Bibliography; Index Analysis England Society History United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index Subject American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Americans -- Travel -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Authors, American -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Travel. Authors, English -- United States -- 19th century -- Travel. British -- Travel -- United States -- History -- 19th century. English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Manners and customs in literature. Travelers -- History -- 19th century. Travel in literature. Travelers' writings -- History and criticism. SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056663 Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056952 United States -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139993 United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140534 LC no. 89036873 ISBN 0521303664

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