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… by merchants and professionals in their expanding business, little is known of the family guides dedicated to social elites. The rapid socio-cultural change among the landed families required up-to-date reference books, which provided a … which help us to understand how they were effectively used by consumers. Objects > Print culture Keywords Collecting Elite Merchants Politeness Rank From the Restoration onwards, there was a close relationship between urban growth, … but more generally they increased the influence of middling sort values on the fabric of social life. 1 The landed elites, whose status and prestige could no longer rely on their local reputation, were also in need of similar guides. …
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