From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America Paperback - 1989
by Beth L. Bailey
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One day, the 1920s story goes, a young man asked a city girl if he might call on her.
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'One day, the 1920s story goes, a young man asked a city girl if he might call on her. We know nothing else about the man or the girl--only that, when he arrived, she had her hat on. Not much of a story to us, but any American born before 1910 would have gotten the punch line. 'She had her hat on': those five words were rich in meaning to early twentieth-century Americans. The hat signaled that she expected to leave the house. He came on a 'call, ' expecting to be received in her family's parlor, to talk, to meet her mother, perhaps to have some refreshments or to listen to her play the piano. She expected a 'date, ' to be taken 'out' somewhere and entertained. He ended up spending four weeks' savings fulfilling her expectations.'--from From Front Porch to Back Seat
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- Title From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America
- Author Beth L. Bailey
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date 1989-08-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780801839351 / 0801839351
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.94 x 5.92 x 0.54 in (22.71 x 15.04 x 1.37 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, Courtship - United States - History - 20th
- Dewey Decimal Code 392
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