Exploring other worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kane, and the antebellum culture of curiosity
Antebellum Americans had a strong interest in the unknown, which manifested itself simultaneously in highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow culture. Venues such as scientific institutions, lyceums, lecture halls, the "penny-press," and the dime-museum all catered to American curiosity. Explorin...
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University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository
2000
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