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Author Bailey, Beth L., 1957-

Title From front porch to back seat : courtship in twentieth-century America / Beth L. Bailey.

Publication Info. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
©1989

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  392.4 B151f 1989    ---  Available
Edition John Hopkins paperbacks edition.
Description x, 181 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-176) and index.
Contents Calling cards and money -- The economy of dating -- The worth of a date -- Sex control -- The etiquette of masculinity and femininity -- Scientific truth ... and love.
Subject Courtship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Dating (Social customs) -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Courtship. (OCoLC)fst00881873
Dating (Social customs) (OCoLC)fst00888094
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0801839351
9780801839351
0801836093
9780801836091

 
    
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