Research Catalog

Title

American society / by George Makepeace Towle, Consul of the United States at Bradford ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893

Publication

London : Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1870.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chapman and Hall, publisher
• Robson and Sons, printer
• Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner

Description

2 volumes; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918
• United States > Politics and government
• United States > Intellectual life
• African Americans

Genre/Form

• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Release stamps (Provenance)
• Withdrawn copies (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title in both volumes.
• "London: Robson and Sons, printers, Pancras Road, N.W."--printer statement, verso of half-title pages in both volumes; also on colophons of both bolumes.
• Vol. 1: x, 336 pages; v. 2: viii, 331, [1] pages.

Provenance (note)

• with ink stamp on the title pages of both volumes: "Sold by the Brooklyn Public Library." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Vol. 1. ch. 1. The United States government. The president -- ch. 2. The president -- ch. 3. The cabinet and public departments -- ch. 4. Congress -- ch. 5. The Capitol -- ch. 6. The senate -- ch. 7. The courts and judges -- ch. 8. State, city, and town governments -- ch. 9. American politics and politicians -- ch. 10. The rural free schools -- ch. 11. The city public schools -- ch. 12. American academies -- ch. 13. The American universities and colleges -- ch. 14. The universities continued -- ch. 15. The universities continued -- ch. 16. University customs and pastimes -- ch. 17. Professional schools -- ch. 18. American society -- ch. 19. American town life -- ch. 20. Hotels.
• Vol. 2. ch. 1. The arts in America -- ch. 2. American amusements and pastimes -- ch. 3. Suburban life -- ch. 4. National and social anniversaries -- ch. 5. Summer resorts -- ch. 6. Summer resorts continued -- ch. 7. Rural life -- ch. 8. A typical farmhouse -- ch. 9. Travelling in America -- ch. 10. Railways -- ch. 11. The professions -- ch. 12. American literature and literary people -- ch. 13. American newspapers -- ch. 14. Emigration -- ch. 15. The Chinese in America -- ch. 16. The extent and productions of the United States.

Call Number

Sc 917.3-T (Towle, G. American society)

LCCN

07008577

OCLC

1663540

Author

Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893, author.

Title

American society / by George Makepeace Towle, Consul of the United States at Bradford ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Publisher

London : Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1870.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc917.3-T (accession nos. B594031-B594032) with ink stamp on the title pages of both volumes: "Sold by the Brooklyn Public Library." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Chapman and Hall, publisher.

Robson and Sons, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Brooklyn Public Library, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 917.3-T (Towle, G. American society)

ILD (Towle, G. M. American society)