| A Short History of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America Contributor(s): Caldwell, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312263899 ISBN-13: 9780312263898 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 Annotation: The author of "The Last Crusade" examines how the rules of behavior inevitably change and explains why, no matter how hard we try, we can never return to a golden era of civilized manners and mores. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Reference | Etiquette |
| Dewey: 395.097 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.35" W x 8.76" (0.84 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The perceived breakdown of civility has in recent years become a national obsession, and our modern climate of boorishness has cultivated a host of etiquette watchdogs, like Miss Manners and Martha Stewart, who defend us against an onslaught of nastiness. Touching on aspects of both our public and private lives, including work, family, and sex, literary and social critic Mark Caldwell examines how the rules of behavior inevitably change and explains why, no matter how hard we try, we can never return to a golden era of civilized manners and mores. |
Contributor Bio(s): Caldwell, Mark: - Mark Caldwell is a literary critic and the author of an acclaimed sociomedical history of tuberculosis in America, The Last Crusade. He teaches at Fordham University and lives in Manhattan and New York's Hudson Valley. |
