Bowing to necessities : a history of manners in America, 1620-1860 / C. Dallett Hemphill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemphill, C. Dallett, 1959- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Etiquette--United States--History.

Etiquette.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How men and women interact, the respect young show old, and old show young, and who doffs their hat to whom provides a telling window on American cultural history. This study works through two centuries of conduct literature.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Manners for Gentlemen; TWO: Manners over Minors; THREE: Manners Maketh Men; FOUR: Middle Class Rising; FIVE: Youth Rising; SIX: Women Rising; SEVEN: Manners for the Middle Class; EIGHT: Manners for Adults; NINE: Ladies First?; Conclusion; Appendix: Conduct Advice Works: Author/Audience Statistics; Notes; Bibliography of Conduct Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771186-3

0-19-028431-5

0-19-530339-3

1-280-47171-9

0-19-535224-6

1-60256-326-8

OCLC:

191946502