Confidence men and painted women : a study of middle-class culture in America, 1830-1870 - Halttunen, Karen, 1951- (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1982)
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 239-255.
Keywords: Middle class -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social values; Hypocrisy; Sincerity; United States -- Moral conditions