An Archaeology of Manners: The Polite World of the Merchant Elite of Colonial Massachusetts (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

An Archaeology of Manners: The Polite World of the Merchant Elite of Colonial Massachusetts (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology) Book

This book employs historical archaeological evidence to demonstrate how polite rituals reproduced the social and material world of commerce in colonial Massachusetts. The author situates artifacts within the social contexts descibed in contemporary letters and diaries and depicted in literature and art and demonstrates how the New English merchants selected and adapted contemporary British manners to create a new American form of polite behavior.Read More

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  • 0306461560
  • 9780306461569
  • Lorinda B.R. Goodwin
  • 30 June 1999
  • Springer
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 240
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