Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist)

by David S Shields

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Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist)

by David S Shields

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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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ISBN13 9780807846568
Publish Date 26 May 1997
Publish Status Active
Out of Print 5 June 2021
Publish Country US
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press

Edition New edition
Format Paperback
Pages 382
Language English