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Author:

Chambers, Thomas A.

Title:

Drinking the waters : creating an American leisure class at nineteenth-century mineral springs / Thomas A. Chambers.

Publisher:

Smithsonian Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xxi, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Leisure class--History--19th century.
Upper class--United States--Social life and customs--19th century.
Health resorts--United States--History--19th century.
Springs--History--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Social life and customs--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--19th century.
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-273) and index.

ISBN:

9781588340689 (alk. paper)
1588340686 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49519058

LCCN:

2002021788

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)