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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Why Manners Matter: The Case for Civilized Behavior in a Barbarou
- ISBN
- 9780399155321
- Subject Area
- Reference
- Publication Name
- Why Manners Matter : the Case for Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.3 in
- Subject
- Etiquette
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Not Available
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 8.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399155325
ISBN-13
9780399155321
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69718473
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Why Manners Matter : the Case for Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World
Publication Year
2009
Subject
Etiquette
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Reference
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2008-026142
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
I admit to an affinity for books on civility, perhaps because I myself once wrote one. Lucinda Holdforth’s delightful book is the best I have seen on this subject in many years. She sets herself the Herculean task of arguing for manners in a world that deems them unimportant. She is equally at ease with Rousseau and Rosa Parks, with the Bloomsbury Group and the Bible, with 19th-century etiquette books and 2-st century Hollywood. (She also makes reference to Castiglione’s 16th-century Book of the Courtier, among my favorites in my own college days.) Rejecting the cant that good manners are some sort of right- wing conspiracy, Holdforth persuasively links good manners not only to good character but to the stability and the progress of the society itself. Not to pay attention to a book this thoughtful might even be considered unmannerly. — Stephen L. Carter, I admit to an affinity for books on civility, perhaps because I myself once wrote one. Lucinda Holdforth’s delightful book is the best I have seen on this subject in many years. She sets herself the Herculean task of arguing for manners in a world that deems them unimportant. She is equally at ease with Rousseau and Rosa Parks, with the Bloomsbury Group and the Bible, with 19th- century etiquette books and 2-st century Hollywood. (She also makes reference to Castiglione’s 16th-century Book of the Courtier, among my favorites in my own college days.) Rejecting the cant that good manners are some sort of right- wing conspiracy, Holdforth persuasively links good manners not only to good character but to the stability and the progress of the society itself. Not to pay attention to a book this thoughtful might even be considered unmannerly. — Stephen L. Carter
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
395
Grade To
UP
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
In the spirit of "On Bullshit" comes a wonderfully erudite and entertaining essay about manners. Citing everyone from Proust to "Borat," Holdforth shows how manners are the cornerstone of civilization.
LC Classification Number
BJ1853.H67 2009
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