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In his thought-provoking new book, literary/social critic Mark Caldwell gives us a history of the demise of manners and charts the triumphant progress of rudeness in America. Touching on aspects of both our public and private lives, including work, family, and sex, he 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.
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Short History of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America
2015, Picador
in English
1466889640 9781466889644
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A Short History of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America
July 7, 2000, Picador
Paperback
in English
0312263899 9780312263898
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A short history of rudeness: manners, morals, and misbehavior in modern America
1999, Picador USA
in English
- 1st ed.
0312204329 9780312204327
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A short history of rudeness: manners, morals, and misbehavior in modern America
1999, Picador USA
in English
- 1st ed.
0312204329 9780312204327
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"The rudest man of the twentieth century was a master of every social grace."
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