Cover Page -- Public Sentiments -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION. STRUCTURES OF FEELING IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA -- I. Institutions of the Public Sphere -- CHAPTER 1 SENTIMENTAL EXPERIENCE -- CHAPTER 2 CIVILITY AND CITIZENSHIP -- CHAPTER 3 PANDERING IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE -- II. Performing Publicity -- CHAPTER 4 AN UNEQUALED SYSTEM OF PUBLICITY -- CHAPTER 5 PUBLICITY IS PERSONAL -- CHAPTER 6 GROWING UP IN PUBLIC -- CODA. TOWARD A HISTORY OF IDENTIFICATION -- NOTES -- INDEX.