The contrast : manners, morals, and authority in the early American republic / [edited by] Cynthia A. Kierner.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826
Other Authors:	Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, c2007.
Subjects:	Manners and customs > Drama. Conduct of life > Drama. Betrothal > Drama. Arranged marriage > Drama. Mate selection > Drama. Politics and literature > United States > History > 18th century > Sources. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 18th century > Drama. United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865 > Sources.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The contrast / Royall Tyler
Primary documents: The former, present, and future prospects of America (1786); The dabblers (1788); Effects of the stage on the manners of a people (1792); Anti-theater petition (1793); The art of pleasing men and women (1747) ; Mercy Otis Warren on Chesterfield's letters (1779); For the females (1787); Fantastical, preposterous fashions [of] gentlemen (1787); On matrimonial obedience (1792); Proper conduct of the wife towards her husband (1804); Panegyric on the marriage state (1786); How to prolong the happiness of the marriage union (1787); Plan for the establishment of public schools (1786); The progress of a countryman (1787); The will of the people (1792); The natural aristocracy (1813).

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