Middle-class experience in the United States in the gilded age, 1865-1900

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 356-366

  Mahoney, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosterism; Gender; Gentility; Masculinity; Middle class; Middle West

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GENDER RELATIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844288310     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096144204272419     Document Type: Article

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