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The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners
by Visser, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802111165
- ISBN 13
- 9780802111166
- Seller
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991 book club ed. 432pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj [edges are age foxed; else a nice clean and crisp copy]
Synopsis
With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual. "Read this book. You'll never look at a table knife the same way again."— The New York Times .
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- Seller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25131
- Title
- The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners
- Author
- Visser, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1991 book club ed.
- ISBN 10
- 0802111165
- ISBN 13
- 9780802111166
- Publisher
- New York: Grove Weidenfeld
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1991
- Keywords
- WORLD SOCIAL HISTORY TABLE ETIQUETTE
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History;
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Auldfarran Books, IOBA
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