Love and the working class : the inner worlds of 19th century Americans /
'Love and the Working Class' takes a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. These labouring folk highly valued letters and, however difficult it was, wrote to stay connected to those they loved. This book displays th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Love and the Working Class' takes a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. These labouring folk highly valued letters and, however difficult it was, wrote to stay connected to those they loved. This book displays the personal expression of factory hands, manual labourers, peddlers, coopers, carpenters, lumbermen, miners, tanners, haulers, tailors, seamstresses, laundresses, domestics, sharecroppers, independent farmers, and common soldiers and their wives. Entering the 'anonymous corners' of these people's lives through letters, we can see their humour, grit, hope, heartache, and endurance, and grasp what they believed and felt about themselves, their kinfolk, and their friends. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2024. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197514252 0197514251 |