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Author:
Scribner, Vaughn, author.
Title:
Inn civility : urban taverns and early American civil society / Vaughn Scribner.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xiii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Taverns (Inns)--United States--History.
Manners and customs.
Taverns (Inns)
United States--Social life and customs--18th century.
United States.
1700-1799
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-259) and index.
Contents:
Coffeehouse coteries: civil dreams of exclusivity and consumer power -- "Citizens of the world?": coming to terms with cosmopolitanism -- "We that entertain travelers must strive to oblige every body": the messy reality of civil society -- "Disorderly houses": rakish revelries, unlicensed taverns, and uncivil contradictions -- "They will begin to think their united power irresistible": the Stamp Act and the crisis of civil society -- "As far from being settled as ever it was": the revolutionary transformation of civil society.
Summary:
"'Inn Civility' explores Urban Taverns in the Early American society"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Early American places
ISBN:
1479864927
9781479864928
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1057304506
LCCN:
2018042633
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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