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

Caldwell, Mark

ISBN 10: 0312204329 / ISBN 13: 9780312204327

Published by Picador USA (edition First Edition), 1999

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With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Short History of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America
• Publisher: Picador USA (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312204329
• ISBN 13: 9780312204327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A respected social critic offers an insightful and amusing exploration of the slow death of manners and the steady triumph of boorishness in America, showing how the decline of manners has a long and socially significant history. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author

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