Unspeakable awfulness: America through the eyes of European travelers, 1865-1900

Introduction: America the Awful and the European Traveler

Character, Class, Dress, Money, and Advertising

The Built Environment: Cities and Boosterism, Accommodations and Transportation

Culture: Aesthetics, Music, Language, Humor, Copyright and Journalism

Personal Habits: Dining, Drinking, Tobacco Chewing, and Gun Use

Domestic Relations: Women, Men, and Children and Their Education

Race, Immigration, and Religion

War, Politics, and Patriotism

The West: Landscape, Human Inhabitants, and Decline

Afterword.