Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America

Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9780807838341
ISBN-13 : 0807838349
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Book Synopsis Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America by : David S. Shields

Download or read book Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America written by David S. Shields and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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