Bowing to necessities: a history of manners in america, 1620-1860
Auteur :
Hemphill, C. Dallett
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195154085
Date de publication :
16 mai 2002
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
458 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Anglo-Americans wrestled with cultural contradictions as they shifted from the patriarchal society of the 17th-century to the class democracy of the mid-19th century. This title argues that manners provided ritual solutions to these problems just as these power relations underwent challenges.