Inn civility : urban taverns and early American civil society /

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"'Inn Civility' explores Urban Taverns in the Early American society"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scribner, Vaughn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:Early American Places
Subjects:
1700-1799
Taverns (Inns) > United States > History.
Auberges > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > Social History.
Manners and customs
Taverns (Inns)
United States > Social life and customs > 18th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Coffeehouse coteries: civil dreams of exclusivity and consumer power
  • "Citizens of the world"?: coming to terms with cosmopolitanism
  • "We that entertain travelers must strive to oblige every body": the messy reality of civil society
  • "Disorderly houses": rakish revelries, unlicensed taverns, and uncivil contradictions
  • "They will begin to think their united power irresistible": the Stamp Act and the crisis of civil society
  • "As far from being settled as ever it was": the revolutionary transformation of civil society.

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