Victorian America

Victorian America
Author: Thomas J. Schlereth
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 419
Release: 1992-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0060921609

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era--the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series

American Victorian

American Victorian
Author: Lawrence Grow
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1984
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Gift local 05-25-2003 $19.95.

American Victorian Cottage Homes

American Victorian Cottage Homes
Author: Palliser, Palliser & Co
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780486265063

Reprinted from a rare 1878 offering from a leading Northeastern architectural firm: front and side elevations, floor plans and descriptions of 50 "practical designs of low and medium priced houses," ranging from 2- to 11-room dwellings, most in the cottage style. With complete specifications for two, a sample contract, advertisements, and price estimates.

Victorian America

Victorian America
Author: Geoffrey Blodgett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780812277135

The contributors cover such seminal topics as modernization, American intellectuals, the origins of the reform movement, the beginnings of the voluntary hospital, literature, and, ultimately, the attack on Victorianism that took place in the early years of the twentieth-century.

Manners and Morals of Victorian America

Manners and Morals of Victorian America
Author: Wayne Erbsen
Publisher: Native Ground Music
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781883206543

Manners & Morals of Victorian America is your gateway to the fashionable world of Victorian America. It draws from the wealth of late 19th and early twentieth etiquette books. With over 400 historic engravings and illustrations, the book details virtually every aspect of Victorian life, including the proper conduct for courtship and wooing, duties of husbands and wives, how to deal with a rejected suitor and even carriage and motoring manners. 7x10, 180 pages.

Victorian

Victorian
Author: Joan M. Brierton
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9780879058876

An illustrated guidebook to restoring American Victorian houses. In this guide, Joan Brierton takes readers on a tour of five Victorian homes of different styles, and guides them through the historical, architectural and decorating issues that are found in all Victorian dwellings.

American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs

American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
Author: Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2013-07-24
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0486319709

Over 280 rare photographs document "Sunday best" clothing from the 1840s to the 1890s. Bustles, pantalets, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles.

Victorian America

Victorian America
Author: Wendell Garrett
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9780789300256

Principal photography by Paul Rocheleau. "Knowledgeable descriptions of the houses & their interiors."--Chicago Tribune.

The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840--1900

The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840--1900
Author: Colleen McDannell
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1994-03-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0253113563

"... wonderfully imaginative and provocative in its interdisciplinary approach to the study of nineteenth-century American religion and women's role within it."Â -- Choice "... an important addition to the fields of religious studies, women's history, and American cultural history." -- Journal of the American Academy of Religion "... a complete and complex portrait of the Christian home." -- The Journal of American History