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Engaging strangers : civil rites, civic capitalism, and public order in Boston / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Monti, Daniel J.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
City and town life--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
City and town life.
Community life--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Community life.
Strangers--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Strangers.
Courtesy--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Courtesy.
Conduct of life--Social aspects--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Conduct of life.
Civil society--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Civil society.
Capitalism--Social aspects--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Capitalism.
Social classes--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
Social classes.
Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
Boston (Mass.).
Boston (Mass.)--Economic conditions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (307 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Engaging Strangers: Civil Rites, Civic Capitalism, and Public Order in Boston by Daniel J. Monti, Jr. explores how the people of Boston have learned to practice a more congenial and respectful set of civic virtues. Monti provides a model for civic conduct for the rest of America to study and follow, showing how the cultural ideals we share and the civic-minded practices we follow in and out of the business world reflect a mix of liberal and conservative values that work for all of us. </sp
Contents:
Foreword: Engaging Strangers and the Banality of Civility / by Zane Miller
"Lost in Boston"
Boston by the Numbers
Brahmins Don't Eat Here Anymore
Ritualized Crises and Institutional Strangers
Neighbors Make Good Fences
The Enchanted Trolley Tour
"At First We Were Just Civic Friends"
A Crowded Mother's Day on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
Boston's Tribes
The Leisure of the Theory Class.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
1-61147-592-9
1-299-18493-6
OCLC:
845250780

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