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Discerning characters : the culture of appearance in early America Christopher J. Lukasik
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BF 859 .L85 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lukasik, Christopher J.
- Series:
- Early American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physiognomy--United States--History.
- Physiognomy.
- Social perception--United States--History.
- Social perception.
- Literature and society--United States--History.
- Literature and society.
- United States--Social life and customs--1775-1783.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011.
- Contents:
- Discerning characters
- Reading and breeding
- The face of seduction
- The face of the public
- The invisible aristocrat
- The physiognomic fallacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line: "Franklin's First Entrance into Philadelphia," Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, edited by John Bigelow.
- ISBN:
- 9780812242874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0812242874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 606785092
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