The feminization of American culture
By: Ann Douglas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Clergy -- United States; Women -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- 19th century
First sentence: Henry James, Sr., religious maverick of no little waywardness and no less astuteness, judged that American Protestantism in the mid-nineteenth century was in a sad state of decline.
Description: Author explores the alliance, beginning in 1820, of two disenfranchised groups: the women of the middle class and the liberal Protestant clergy, both increasingly relegated to the edges of society (to the parlor, to the Sunday School, to the libraries) by the prevailing entrepreneurial forces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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