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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Paperback)
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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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'it appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human
heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner'
In Domestic Manners of the Americans, Frances Trollope recounts her
travels through America between 1827 and 1830, describing her
voyage up the Mississippi from New Orleans, a two-year stay in
Cincinnati, and a subsequent tour of Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and New York. A transatlantic best-seller on
publication in 1832, its forthright criticisms of American manners
encompassed spitting, religious extremism, ladies' dress, the
relentless pursuit of money, and the unequal treatment of women,
slaves, and Native Americans. Witty, satiric, and hugely
entertaining, Trollope also had a serious purpose in warning her
compatriots of the consequences of democratic freedoms at a time of
great social change in England. Deploring slavery and the hypocrisy
that sanctioned it, she fuelled abolitionist debate on both sides
of the Atlantic and so impressed Mark Twain that fifty years later
he considered her book to be the most accurate portrait of American
life in the nineteenth century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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