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NY: Hill & Wang, 1990. Hardcover_clothspine. Used - VeryGood/VeryGood. 6.25"x9.25". 305 indexed pgs. Plum boards. Red cloth spine w/gilt letters. Book design by Tere LoPrete. Jacket design by Holland MacDonald Design Studio. Author photo: Peter Filene. Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography of ettiquete Books, 1800-1910; Sources of Illustration; 50 B&W illustrations. Spine straight, binding tight, pages have foxing on edges. Stains to insided flaps of DJ. Stain to bottom of back board. Minimum foxing to inside covers. 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.
Rudeness & Civility Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America by Kasson, John F - 1990
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New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Size=6.5"x9.5". (full book description) Hill and Wang, New York, NY, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing, Fine/VG+, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket. Size=6.5"x9.5", 305pp(Index). DJ nicked at head of spine, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates etc. [American Manners; Urban America; U.S. in 19th Centur; 19th Century] SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE! First Printing
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