American Manners & Morals

American Manners & Morals: A Picture History of How We Behaved and Misbehaved by Mary Cable. Published by American Heritage Publishing Co, NY, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 4to. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. Slight edge wear, content excellent. ISBN 0828100233. LCCN 72-80958. By Mary Cable and the Editors of American Heritage, The Magazine of History. Here is an eye-opening account of how Americans, ever with their eye on tomorrow, have moved from prayer-reading Puritanism to an uptight era of direct confrontation. The book begins in the early 1600's with America's first settlers and ends in the late 1960's with the unsettled youth of that era. In those 3-1/2 centuries Americans have experimented with everything from bundling boards to bathtub gin. Never before in a single volume have all the major periods of change and controversy that mark our self-conscious search for an American way of behaving been so carefully and clearly examined. 399 Pgs. Description text copyright 2007 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 14043.