Respectability As Moral Map and Public Discourse in the Nineteenth - Centur

Summary

Despite the fact that respectability is universally recognized as a feature of nineteenth-century society, it has seldom been studied as a subject in itself. This book is a path-breaking interpretation of respectability as a cultural phenomenon in its own right, constructed in the public spheres of Europe and the Americas in response to undesira

Product details

• Authors: Woodruff D. Smith, Woodruff D. (University of Massachusetts Bo Smith, Smith Woodruff D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367891008
• ISBN: 978-0-367-89100-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Historiography, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Literature: history and criticism