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The age of illusion: manners and morals 1750-1848.
LIBRA GT143 .L38
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating GT143 .L38
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laver, James, 1899-1975.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eighteenth century.
- Nineteenth century.
- Manners and customs--History.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : D. McKay Co., [1972]
- Contents:
- Society and religion in the mid-eighteenth century
- Crime and punishment
- Sports and pastimes
- Coffee houses and clubs
- "Taking the waters" and other diversions
- Le Roi Bien-Aimé
- The pursuit of love
- Before the deluge
- The broken link
- The great upheaval
- After the deluge
- The Regency
- The inner man
- Romanticism and revolution.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 179-186.
- OCLC:
- 278139
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