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confidence men and painted women a study of middle class culture in america 1830 1870
karen halttunen draws a vivid picture of the social and cultural development of the upwardly mobile middle class basing her study on a survey of the conduct manuals and fashion magazines of mid nineteenth century america .
paperback yale university press 1986 isbn 0300037880
abridged n isbn 13 9780300037883 number of pages 288 publisher yale univ pr release date 62135769600000 series title yale historical publications