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Inn civility : urban taverns and early American civil society / Vaughn Scribner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scribner, Vaughn, author.
- Series:
- Early American places
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taverns (Inns)--United States--History.
- Taverns (Inns).
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- United States--Social life and customs--18th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "'Inn Civility' explores Urban Taverns in the Early American society"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Coffeehouse coteries: civil dreams of exclusivity and consumer power
- "Citizens of the world?": coming to terms with cosmopolitanism
- "We that entertain travelers must strive to oblige every body": the messy reality of civil society
- "Disorderly houses": rakish revelries, unlicensed taverns, and uncivil contradictions
- "They will begin to think their united power irresistible": the Stamp Act and the crisis of civil society
- "As far from being settled as ever it was": the revolutionary transformation of civil society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781479864928
- 1479864927
- OCLC:
- 1057304506
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