Frances Trollope Domestic Manners of the Americans (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Domestic Manners of the AmericansCondition: NewISBN-10: 0199676879EAN: 9780199676873ISBN: 9780199676873Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/08/2014Description: 'it appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner'In Domestic Manners of the Americans, Frances Trollope recounts her travels through America between 1827 and 1830, describing her voyage up the Mississippi from New Orleans, a two-year stay in Cincinnati, and a subsequent tour of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. A transatlantic best-seller on publication in 1832, its forthright criticisms of American manners encompassed spitting, religious extremism, ladies' dress, the relentless pursuit of money, and the unequal treatment of women, slaves, and Native Americans. Witty, satiric, and hugely entertaining, Trollope also had a serious purpose in warning her compatriots of the consequences of democratic freedoms at a time of great social change in England. Deploring slavery and the hypocrisy that sanctioned it, she fuelled abolitionist debate on both sides of the Atlantic and so impressed Mark Twain that fifty years later he considered her book to be the most accurate portrait of American life in the nineteenth century.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 196mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 16mmGenre: HistoryBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsAuthor: Frances TrollopeContributor: Elsie B. Michie (Edited by)Item Weight: 234gTopic: Travel & TransportRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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