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Victorian West : class and culture in Kansas cattle towns /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haywood, C. Robert (Clarence Robert), 1921-2005
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1991]
Subjects:
City and town life > Kansas > History > 19th century.
Cities and towns > Kansas > History > 19th century.
Kansas > Social life and customs.
Popular culture > Kansas > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Metes and bounds
  • Class and caste
  • The civilized element
  • Never the twain shall meet?
  • The polish of urban life
  • Churches and the quickening pulse of civilization
  • Improving the mind
  • Vital statistics
  • The business of play
  • Fads and fancies : the new modern times
  • Society siftings and homegrown entertainment
  • Public obligations
  • "All good works".