The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities by Richard Lyman Bushman

The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities

Richard Lyman Bushman

528 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction design history informative reflective slow-paced
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This lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture. Spanning the material world from mansions and silverware to etiquette books, city p...

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