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From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America
Beth L. Bailey
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Description for From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America
Paperback. Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting there. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
"Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting there."--'St. Louis Post-Dispatch.'
"Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting there."--'St. Louis Post-Dispatch.'
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801839351
SKU
V9780801839351
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About Beth L. Bailey
Beth Bailey teaches American history and is the director of American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii.
Reviews for From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America
Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting there. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. As entertaining as it is informative. Bailey documents sources from Margaret Mead to advertising's hokey hype in her comprehensive analysis of the rituals of American amore, exploring the themes ... Read more