This book employs historical archaeological evidence to demonstrate how polite rituals reproduced the social and material world of commerce in colonial Massachusetts. The author situates artifacts within the social contexts descibed in contemporary letters and diaries and depicted in literature and art and demonstrates how the New English merchants selected and adapted contemporary British manners to create a new American form of polite behavior.
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This review is from: An Archaeology of Manners: The Polite World of the Merchant Elite of Colonial Massachusetts (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology) (Hardcover)
I read this book for school, and want to read it again and again for pleasure. The authors paint a wonderful portrait of life among the merchant elite, rich with historically accurate detail. The book almost reads more like a novel, but this does not take away from it's accuracy. If you are interested in colonial america or merchants, this is the book for you. Truly a great read.
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Traveling from Boston to New York in 1704, Madam Sarah Kemble Knight recorded her acute observations of the people she met on her journey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
allegiance building, courtesy literature, mannerly behavior, courtesy works, deputy husband, genteel behavior, merchant life, courtesy books, tea wares, polite conduct, merchant elite, historical archaeology, probate inventory, polite behavior, historical archaeologists, merchant society, landed elite, probate inventories Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, John Turner, John Mascarene, Colonel Turner, Joseph Denham, Peabody Essex Museum, Captain Turner, Benjamin Lynde, Mary Earle, The Tatler, Alexander Hamilton, Essex County, Castle Hill, Lord Chesterfield, Madam Knight, Madam Mary Turner, Madam Turner, New York, Civita Vecchia, Elizabeth Turner, Henry Peacham, Nova Scotia, Samuel Johnson, The Ladies Calling, Baker's Island New!
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Traveling from Boston to New York in 1704, Madam Sarah Kemble Knight recorded her acute observations of the people she met on her journey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
allegiance building, courtesy literature, mannerly behavior, courtesy works, deputy husband, genteel behavior, merchant life, courtesy books, tea wares, polite conduct, merchant elite, historical archaeology, probate inventory, polite behavior, historical archaeologists, merchant society, landed elite, probate inventories Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, John Turner, John Mascarene, Colonel Turner, Joseph Denham, Peabody Essex Museum, Captain Turner, Benjamin Lynde, Mary Earle, The Tatler, Alexander Hamilton, Essex County, Castle Hill, Lord Chesterfield, Madam Knight, Madam Mary Turner, Madam Turner, New York, Civita Vecchia, Elizabeth Turner, Henry Peacham, Nova Scotia, Samuel Johnson, The Ladies Calling, Baker's Island New!
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- Consumption and the World of Goods (Consumption & Culture in the 17th & 18th Centuries) by John Brewer on 6 pages
- Salem, Massachusetts (Places in American History) by Deborah Kent on 6 pages
- The House of the Seven Gables (Bantam Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne on 5 pages
- House of the Seven Gables (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo)) by Nathaniel Hawthorne on 4 pages
- The Rudiments of Genteel Behavior: Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition of 1737 by Francois Nivelon on 4 pages
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- Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory by Dane Morrison in Back Matter
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- Archaeology and Created Memory: Public History in a National Park (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology) by Paul A. Shackel in Front Matter
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