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What is Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America about?

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In cities from Boston to Charleston, elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in private venues to script a polite culture. By examining their various 'texts' — conversations, letters, newspapers, and privately circulated manuscripts — David Shields reconstructs the discourse of civility that flourished in and further shaped elite society in British America.

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What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America?

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History and Archaeology > History > History: specific events and topics > Social and cultural history

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780807823514

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Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America has 382 page(s)

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Is Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

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Yes it is a part of series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America?

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David S. Shields

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Omohundro Institute and UNC Press

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