Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America
Häftad, Engelska, 1997
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.In cities from Boston to Charleston, elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in private venues to script a polite culture. By examining their various 'texts'--conversations, letters, newspapers, and privately circulated manuscripts--David Shields reconstructs the discourse of civility that flourished in and further shaped elite society in British America.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1997-05-31
- Mått156 x 234 x 25 mm
- Vikt599 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SeriePublished by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
- Antal sidor382
- FörlagThe University of North Carolina Press
- ISBN9780807846568