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Discerning Characters: The Culture of Appearance in Early America Hardcover - 2010
by Christopher J. Lukasik
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- Title Discerning Characters: The Culture of Appearance in Early America
- Author Christopher J. Lukasik
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
- Date 2010-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780812242874 / 0812242874
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, United States - Social life and customs -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010022354
- Dewey Decimal Code 138.097
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". viii, 319pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this path-breaking study of the intersections between visual and literary culture, Christopher J. Lukasik explores how early Americans grappled with the relationship between appearance and social distinction in the decades between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Through a wide range of evidence, including canonical and obscure novels, newspapers, periodicals, scientific and medical treatises, and plays as well as conduct manuals, portraits, silhouettes, and engravings, Discerning Characters charts the transition from the eighteenth century's emphasis on performance and manners to the search for a more reliable form of…
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