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Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America

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Title: Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America
Author: David S Shields
ISBN: 9780807823514
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and UNC Press
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good


American History 1622946

Publisher Description:
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.