Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870

Journal Article Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830–1870. By Karen Halttunen. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982. xviii + 262 pp. Illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $19.95.) Get access David Grimsted David Grimsted University of Maryland, College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 3, December 1983, Pages 665–666, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903524 Published: 01 December 1983