The Anatomy of American Popular Culture, 1840-1861:

by Barbara Bode

The two decades immediately preceding he Civil War saw the emergence of he first modern period of American culture. Mr. Bode in this book examines and recreates that culture in terms of the popular taste of the time. He shows us the plays the people saw, the actors they enjoyed, the abundant literature they read, the music they sang or listened to, the paintings and sculpture they prized, the look of the houses in which they lived.

292 pages, Hardcover

First published June 27, 1983