The American 1890s
Subtitle: A Cultural Reader
Contributors: Susan Harris Smith (Editor); Melanie Dawson (Editor); Susan Harris Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780822325123
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Cultural studies; Literary studies: 19th century; Other prose: 19th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Books & Reading; United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century; Literary Criticism; History - U.S.; Social History; History: American; USA; Americana; American Studies; History, U.S.; Literary Studies/American Lite; United States; 1865-1918; Civilization; Eighteen nineties; Sources
First sentence: DURING A DECADE filled with abundant advice on self-improvement, a major debate focused on the means by which an individual pursued his or her own cultural position.