Buy this book on-line Bushman, Richard L : Refinement of America, The : Persons, Houses, CitiesAlfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992 ISBN 0394550102
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). An illuminating analysis of the introduction into early American society of gentility and civilized mores, the development of personal and societal concerns for style, taste, aesthetics, beauty, and politeness, and how these concerns changed American culture and society, reflected in a frontier population becoming a gentry, in a finer architecture, in the flowering of cultural refinements of all kinds, much more. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, indexed, 504pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Bushman, Richard L : Refinement of America, The : Persons, Houses, Cities. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres anciens, rare books, libri antichi and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |