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Author:

Monti, Daniel J.

Title:

Engaging strangers : civil rites, civic capitalism, and public order in Boston / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxiv, 281 p. ; 24 cm

Subject:

Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
City and town life--Boston--Boston--History.
Community life--Boston--Boston--History.
Strangers--Boston--Boston--History.
Courtesy--Boston--Boston--History.
Conduct of life--History.--Boston--Boston--History.
Civil society--Boston--Boston--History.
Capitalism--History.--Boston--Boston--History.
Social classes--Boston--Boston--History.
Boston (Mass.)--Economic conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.

Contents:

Foreword : "Engaging strangers and the banality of civility" / Zane L. Miller -- "Lost in Boston" -- Boston by the numbers -- Brahmins don't eat here anymore -- Ritualized crises and institutional strangers -- Neighbors make good fences -- The enchanted trolley tour -- "At first we were just civic friends" -- A crowded Mother's Day on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge -- Boston's tribes -- The leisure of the theory class.

ISBN:

1611475910 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9781611475913 (cloth : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)819741918

LCCN:

2012047636

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)