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Author:

Thomas, Keith, 1933- author.

Title:

In pursuit of civility : manners and civilization in early modern England / Keith Thomas.

Publisher:

Brandeis University Press ;

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvi, 356 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Etiquette--England--History--16th century.
Etiquette--England--History--17th century.
Etiquette--England--History--18th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--16th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--17th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.
England--Social life and customs.
Civilization.
Etiquette.
England.
Great Britain.
1500-1799
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-348) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 7. The Future of Manners. The Chronology of Manners -- Manners and Gentility -- Refinement -- 2. Manners And The Social Order -- The Social Hierarchy -- The Topography of Manners -- The Civility of the Middling Sort -- The Manners of the People -- Civilizing Agents -- Plebeian Civility -- 3. The Civilized Condition -- Civil Society -- Civilized Warfare -- A Civilized Compassion -- Civilized Manners -- The Fruits of Civility -- 4. The Progress Of Civilization -- The Ascent to Civility -- Barbarous Neighbours -- 5. Exporting Civility -- Confronting the Barbarians -- Civilizing by Force -- Inventing Race -- Fighting and Enslaving -- 6. Civilization Reconsidered -- Cultural Relativism -- Another Kind of Civility -- The Civilizing Mission Disputed -- The Defects of Civilization -- Civilization Rejected -- 7. Changing Modes Of Civility -- Xenophobic Masculinity -- Manners and Morality -- The Quaker Challenge -- Democratic Civility -- The Future of Manners.

Series:

Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures

ISBN:

1512602817
9781512602814
1512602809
9781512602807

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1009051117

LCCN:

2018003568

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)