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Cultivating gentlemen : the meaning of country life among the Boston elite, 1785-1860 / Tamara Plakins Thornton.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-146208

Description

xii, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Elite (Social sciences) History 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) History 18th century.
Agriculture History 19th century.
Agriculture History 18th century.
Country life History 19th century.
Country life History 18th century.
Social life and customs.

Originator

Thornton, Tamara Plakins, 1957-

Publication

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press

Description

xii, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gift of Massachusetts Historical Society, 1998.

ISBN

0300042566 (alk. paper)

Call Number

Stacks F73.44.T48 1989

Places

Massachusetts Boston
Massachusetts
Boston (Mass.)

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