Rudeness and Civility

Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Customs & Traditions, History, Americas, United States
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Author: John F. Kasson ISBN: 9781466806634
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: September 1, 1991
Imprint: Hill and Wang Language: English
Author: John F. Kasson
ISBN: 9781466806634
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: September 1, 1991
Imprint: Hill and Wang
Language: English

With keen insight and subtle humor, John F. Kasson explores the history and politics of etiquette from America's colonial times through the nineteenth century. He describes the transformation of our notion of "gentility," once considered a birthright to some, and the development of etiquette as a middle-class response to the new urban and industrial economy and to the excesses of democratic society.

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With keen insight and subtle humor, John F. Kasson explores the history and politics of etiquette from America's colonial times through the nineteenth century. He describes the transformation of our notion of "gentility," once considered a birthright to some, and the development of etiquette as a middle-class response to the new urban and industrial economy and to the excesses of democratic society.

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