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Author : Judith Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422358399
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)
Download or read book Star-Spangled Manners written by Judith Martin and published by . This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith Martin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393342166
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)
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: "Wonderfully wicked....A bracingly sensible guide to living peaceably together."—Francine Prose, Elle In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers. Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette.
Author : Judith Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
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Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)
Download or read book Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-millennium written by Judith Martin and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cas Wouters
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412933870
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sex and Manners written by Cas Wouters and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-09-16 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This is a highly original and in many ways brilliant text. It is a model of how historical/process sociological research ought to be conducted and written-up. The author′s subtle blending of theory and data is outstanding′ - Eric Dunning, Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester `Wouters has written a book both broad in scope and deep in analytic reach. Exploring changes in courtship norms over the last century in English, Dutch , German and American books of manners, he discovers changes which confirm the theory of informalization. Relations between the sexes are, he shows us, less regulated from outside and more from inside. This change calls – paradoxically – for both an emancipation of emotion and an ever sharper cultural eye on ways of managing emotion. The book carries Elias′s classic, The Civilizing Process one giant step further. An important contribution and a fascinating read′ - Arlie Russell Hochschild, University of California This dazzling book examines changes in American, Dutch, English and German manners, regarding the changing relationships between men and women. From the disappearance of rules for chaperonage and the rise of new codes for courting, dates, public dances and the work place, it shows how women have become their own chaperone by gaining the rights to pay for themselves, to have a job and be a sexual subject. This original and thought-provoking book: · provides empirical evidence showing how younger generations removed their courting from under parental wings and how the balance of power between the sexes shifted in women′s favour; · monitors changes in codes regarding sexuality by focusing on the balance between the desire for sexual gratification and the longing for enduring intimacy; · documents the balance of controls over sexual impulses and emotions shifting from external social controls to internal ones; · compares nationally different trends, particularly between the USA and Europe, focusing on the American dating system and its resulting double standards; · argues that the initial greater freedom of American women has turned into a deficit. Cas Wouters teaches Sociology at Utrecht University
Author : Judith Martin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 067172228X
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium written by Judith Martin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1990-11-15 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice on social, business and personal etiquette.
Author : Roderick Floud
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022642961X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and Economic History written by Roderick Floud and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the existing research on economic history relies either solely or ultimately on calculations of material interest to explain the major events of the modern world. However, care must be taken not to rely too heavily on materialism, with its associated confidence in perfectly rational actors that simply do not exist. What is needed for a more cogent understanding of the long history of capitalist growth is a more realistic, human-centered approach that can take account of the role of nonmaterial values and beliefs, an approach convincingly articulated by Deirdre McCloskey in her landmark trilogy of books on the moral and ethical basis of modern economic life. With Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and Economic History, Roderick Floud, Santhi Hejeebu, and David Mitch have brought together a distinguished group of scholars in economics, economic history, political science, philosophy, gender studies, and communications who synthesize and build on McCloskey’s work. The essays in this volume illustrate the ways in which the humanistic approach to economics that McCloskey pioneered can open up new vistas for the study of economic history and cultivate rich synergies with a wide range of disciplines. The contributors show how values and beliefs become embedded in the language of economics and shape economic outcomes. Chapters on methodology are accompanied by case studies discussing particular episodes in economic history.
Author : Karen W. Tice
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199842809
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book Queens of Academe written by Karen W. Tice and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education is an unlikely venue for showcasing ideals of femininity, yet campus beauty pageants have increased in popularity in a cultural marketplace conjoining personal empowerment with beauty and style. Karen Tice examines the desires and racial and political agendas that propel students onto collegiate catwalks.
Author : Janet A. Flammang
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252076737
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Taste for Civilization written by Janet A. Flammang and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the idea that table activities--the mealtime rituals of food preparation, serving, and dining--lay the foundation for a proper education on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it means to be a good citizen. The arts of conversation and diplomatic speech are learned and practiced at tables, and a political history of food practices recasts thoughtfulness and generosity as virtues that enhance civil society and democracy. In our industrialized and profit-centered culture, however, foodwork is devalued and civility is eroding. Looking at the field of American civility, Janet A. Flammang addresses the gendered responsibilities for foodwork's civilizing functions and argues that any formulation of "civil society" must consider food practices and the household. To allow space for practicing civility, generosity, and thoughtfulness through everyday foodwork, Americans must challenge the norms of unbridled consumerism, work-life balance, and domesticity and caregiving. Connecting political theory with the quotidian activities of the dinner table, Flammang discusses practical ideas from the "delicious revolution" and Slow Food movement to illustrate how civic activities are linked to foodwork, and she points to farmers' markets and gardens in communities, schools, and jails as sites for strengthening civil society and degendering foodwork.
Author : Kathleen Burk
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802144294
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)
Download or read book Old World, New World written by Kathleen Burk and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States ranges from the establishment of the first English colony in the New World to the present day, examining both nations in terms of what connected them and what drove them apart.
Author : Cris Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742526594
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book Disputing the Subject of Sex written by Cris Mayo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexuality remains a hotly debated subject, nowhere more so than in education. This perceptive and balanced book shows that discussions of sexuality and schooling can be simultaneously polarizing and democratizing. Disputing the Subject of Sex examines controversies over sex, AIDS, and gay-inclusive multicultural education, which offer especially fruitful opportunities to explore instances when community membership, schooling, and sexuality have collided. Rather than choosing sides, this book uses case studies, interviews with queer youth, and analysis of curricular texts to help readers understand how power dynamics play out in educational controversies and how they can guide us to new ideas about students' abilities to learn and relate ethically to one another about the subject of sex.
