Anglo-Americans wrestled with some profound cultural contradictions as they shifted from the hierarchical and patriarchal society of the seventeenth-century frontier to the modern and fluid class democracy of the mid-nineteenth century. How could traditional inequality be maintained in the socially...

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1. Verfasser:	Hemphill, C. Dallett, 1959-2015
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Schlagworte:	Etiquette > United States > History. REFERENCE > Etiquette. Etiquette United States History
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Anglo-Americans wrestled with some profound cultural contradictions as they shifted from the hierarchical and patriarchal society of the seventeenth-century frontier to the modern and fluid class democracy of the mid-nineteenth century. How could traditional inequality be maintained in the socially leveling environment of the early colonial wilderness? And how could nineteenth-century Americans pretend to be equal in an increasingly unequal society? Bowing to Necessities argues that manners provided ritual solutions to these central cultural problems by allowing Americans to act out--and thus.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (x, 310 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-300) and index.
ISBN:	1602563268 9781602563261 9780195352245 0195352246 9780195125573 0195125576 1280471719 9781280471711