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An archaeology of manners : the polite world of the merchant elite in colonial Massachusetts
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- Creator
- Lorinda B.R. Goodwin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- xx, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780306461569, 0306461560
- OCLC
- ocm41380445
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
- Ch. 1. Introduction: The Polite World of the Merchant Elite of Colonial Massachusetts -- Ch. 2. History, Archaeology, and the Ideal World of Manners -- Ch. 3. The Merchant Community in Massachusetts and England -- Ch. 4. Material Expressions of Mannerly Behavior -- Ch. 5. Manners and Women's Roles in Merchant Society -- Ch. 6. Conclusion: An Archaeology of Manners
Subjects
- Elite (Social sciences) -- Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
- Elite (Social sciences) -- Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
- Merchants -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
- Merchants -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
- Material culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
- Material culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
- Etiquette -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
- Etiquette -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
- Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
- Massachusetts -- Antiquities.