Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (For a Change)

Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (For a Change)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0393325016
ISBN-13 : 9780393325010
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Download or read book Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (For a Change) written by Judith Martin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003-11-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of American manners, citing the nation's early stand against hierarchical European etiquette, and describing its adoption of a frequently misunderstood egalitarian respect system.


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