Short History of Rudeness Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America

Mark Caldwell

ISBN 10: 0312263899 / ISBN 13: 9780312263898

Published by Picador USA, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Short History of Rudeness Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312263899
• ISBN 13: 9780312263898
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

The perceived breakdown of civility has in recent years become a national obsession, and our modern climate of boorishness has cultivated a host of etiquette watchdogs, like Miss Manners and Martha Stewart, who defend us against an onslaught of nastiness. Touching on aspects of both our public and private lives, including work, family, and sex, literary and social critic Mark Caldwell examines how the rules of behavior inevitably change and explains why, no matter how hard we try, we can never return to a golden era of civilized manners and mores.

About the Author

Mark Caldwell is a literary critic and the author of an acclaimed sociomedical history of tuberculosis in America, The Last Crusade. He teaches at Fordham University and lives in Manhattan and New York's Hudson Valley.