Ladies and Gentlemen on Display: Planter Society at the Virginia Springs, 1790 - 1860 (The American South Series)

Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
part 1 The Scene......Page 24
\"Solidity, Strength, and Grandeur\"......Page 27
\"A Country More Wildly Picturesque\"......Page 42
\"At Great Trouble and Expense\"......Page 47
\"Bribe High and You Live High\"......Page 60
part 2 Healing Waters......Page 68
\"King Cure All\"......Page 70
\"They All Drink the Waters without the Advice of Any Medical......Page 79
\"Every Day Var[ies] a Little\"......Page 89
\"The Most Delicious Sensations\"......Page 96
part 3 Community and Competition......Page 110
\"A Never Ceasing Scene of Stir, Animation, Display, & Enjoym......Page 115
\"Forming Violent Friendships in Three Days Time\"......Page 130
\"You Might Have Supposed Them All Quite Intimate\"......Page 138
\"You Are Now Just Entering upon That School of Life\"......Page 153
\"A Great Deal Is Affected, but Nothing on the Heart in It\"......Page 163
\"Love-Making May Fairly Be Set Down as One of the Amusements......Page 186
\"They Seemed to Sink into the Deepest Insignificance\"......Page 198
\"Honor to Those Days of Chivalry\"......Page 211
Conclusion......Page 220
Notes......Page 226
Works Cited......Page 276
Index......Page 296