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Civil tongues & polite letters in British America
By Shields, David S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-80784-656-8
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill, NC : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by University of North Carolina Press, c1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1997
Shields (English, The Citadel) explores compellingly the role of private societies--salons, clubs, coffeehouses, tavern companies, tea tables, balls, and ritual assemblies--in invoking free discourse and civility in British America. Such societi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
