Rudeness & Civility: Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781466806634
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780809034703
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 05/22/25
- Copyrighted By:
- John F. Kasson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.