Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America

Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America

1st edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780807846568
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 382
Weight: 599g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 26mm