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The Ladies' Etiquette Handbook: The Importance of Being Refined in the 1880s
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Hardcover. This work can be read as a testament to the growing division between social classes and, at the same time, a reflection of the middle classes overwhelming desire to cross social lines through the graces of fine etiquette. Editor(s): Schoonover, David E. Series: Iowa Szathmary Culinary Arts S. Num Pages: 202 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFSJ1; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Prior to the late 19th century, most Americans viewed dining as a unitarian duty characterized by common ""meat and potato"" dishes and complemented by little, if any, polite conversation. With the boom in industrialism and the sudden growth of the middle class in the 1880s, America's interest in social etiquette rose dramatically. Consisting of two separate publications - ""The Ladies' Handbook and Household Assistant"" (1886) and ""Short Hints on Social Etiquette"" (1887) - ""The Ladies' Etiquette Handbook"" can be read as a testament to the growing division between social classes and, at the same time, as a reflection of the ... Read more
Prior to the late 19th century, most Americans viewed dining as a unitarian duty characterized by common ""meat and potato"" dishes and complemented by little, if any, polite conversation. With the boom in industrialism and the sudden growth of the middle class in the 1880s, America's interest in social etiquette rose dramatically. Consisting of two separate publications - ""The Ladies' Handbook and Household Assistant"" (1886) and ""Short Hints on Social Etiquette"" (1887) - ""The Ladies' Etiquette Handbook"" can be read as a testament to the growing division between social classes and, at the same time, as a reflection of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
Series
Iowa Szathmary Culinary Arts S.
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9780877457688
SKU
V9780877457688
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Reviews for The Ladies' Etiquette Handbook: The Importance of Being Refined in the 1880s
Good manners are to society, as good morals are, its cement and its security. - Short Hints on Social Etiquette