Savage or civilised? : manners in colonial Australia / by Penny Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Penny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtesy.

History.

Etiquette.

Australia--Social life and customs.

Australia.

Manners and customs.

Etiquette--Australia--History.

Courtesy--Australia--History.

Australia--History--1788-1900.

Physical Description:

x, 406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Savage or civilized?

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.

Summary:

"In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. Original and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the story of behaviour, respect and manners in colonial Australia."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Part One

1 Civil frontiers 19

2 Gestures of peace and friendship 53

3 Squatters and gentlemen 80

Part Two

4 High society 105

5 The transgressions of a lady 141

6 Defending professional honour 165

Part Three

7 Domestic worlds 193

8 The trials of a governess 229

9 The duties of a good husband 240

10 Keeping up appearances 254

Part Four

11 New publics 267

12 Street parade 302

13 Social climbing 325.

Notes:

"A New South book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-401) and index.

ISBN:

9780868408606

0868408603

OCLC:

647161289

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