{"product_id":"domestic-manners-of-the-americans-9780199676873","title":"Domestic Manners of the Americans","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'it appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDomestic Manners of the Americans\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003ebest-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\u003cbr\u003eserious 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\u003cbr\u003ehe considered her book to be the most accurate portrait of American life in the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series: \u003c\/strong\u003e For over 100 years\u003cstrong\u003e Oxford World's Classics\u003c\/strong\u003e has made available the broadest spectrum 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\u003cbr\u003eintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199676873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Frances Trollope, Elsie B. Michie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038480339125,"sku":"9780199676873","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ca90fd85-89f9-4295-a3ee-76c205c68a14.jpg?v=1649736212","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/domestic-manners-of-the-americans-9780199676873","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}