An American aristocracy : southern planters in antebellum Philadelphia / Daniel Kilbride.
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TextPublication details: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2006.Description: x, 216 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781570036569 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 157003656X (cloth : alk. paper)
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Interpersonal relations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Aristocracy (Political science) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Aristocracy (Political science) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Plantation owners -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Leisure class -- History -- 19th century
- Social classes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Community life -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Sectionalism (United States) -- History -- 19th century
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Library Company of Philadelphia | Uy 8 A3944.O | Available | 248945 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-204) and index.
The Carolina row -- The Fisher family circle -- "Your appropriate sphere as a lady" : Philadelphia's French schools -- The republic of medicine -- Science and sociability : the American Philosophical Society -- "All the world is a city" : travel and tourism.
Gift of the author, LCP Fellow.