| Rudeness and Civility: Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America Contributor(s): Kasson, John F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374522995 ISBN-13: 9780374522995 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1991 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 395.097 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kasson, John F.: - John F. Kasson, who teaches history and American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man; Amusing the Million; Rudeness and Civility; and Civilizing the Machine. |