Emily Post's Etiquette (16th Edition)

Post, Peggy

ISBN 10: 0062700782 / ISBN 13: 9780062700780

Published by William Morrow, 1997

About this Item

HarperCollins, 1997. Hard cover, 16th edition; signed by author Peggy Post on a bookplate affixed to the flyleaf. VG condition in VG dust jacket; a nice clean copy.

Seller Inventory # SKU1077958

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Emily Post's Etiquette (16th Edition)
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062700782
• ISBN 13: 9780062700780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 16th Indxd.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 56 ounces
• Signed: Signed

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Synopsis

Earlier in this century people turned to Emily Post for etiquette advice about the way they lived in the rapidly changing age known as the Roaring Twenties. As we prepare to enter a new millennium people continue to turn to Emily Post for advice on etiquette and manners. While etiquette remains a code ofbehavior based on kindness, consideration and unselfishness that does not change, our manners, the practice of etiquette, must change as our world changes. The world of today is both vasdy different and astonishingly the same as the world Emily Post herself knew. Seventy-five years after Emily Post wrote her groundbreaking book, Peggy Post, her great-grand-daughter-in-law, has thoroughly revised and updated Emily Post's Etiquette to take us into the next century.

The hallmarks that define Emily Post's Etiquette as an indispensable resource remain: the correct table-setting for an intimate dinner party of eight, the proper response to a formal third-person invitation, and of course, all the details of planning a wedding. But in a world where our neighbors and coworkers are as likely to come from the other side of the globe as the other side of town, changes both subde and radical are necessary in our manners. In addition to a chapter devoted to doing business internationally, readers find not only advice for visiting those from other cultures living in our country, but also guidance on wearing ethnic clothing when traveling in other countries. Previous editions have explained the traditions of Christianity and Judaism but now for the first time readers learn about birth and death ceremonies of Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism. Sports participants who used to read only about the etiquette of golf, tennis, skiing and sailing, now learn about in-line skating and snowboarding as well.

Emily Post's Etiquette, is not just for your grandmothers generation. It's for all of us.

About the Author

Peggy Post represents a new generation of Post etiquette, assuming the role of author and spokesperson from Elizabeth L. Post. As America's etiquette expert, Peggy has provided advice through her monthly column in Good Housekeeping and her quarterly column in Parents magazine, through appearances on syndicated programs including Oprah and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and in hundreds of newspapers and radio stations across the United States.