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David S. Shields
Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America [PDF ebook]

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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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 382 ● ISBN 9798890868695 ● Publisher Omohundro Institute and UNC Press ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 9201459 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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