Politeness [ Taste & Manners / Education ]
… developing in response to this change and also to the evolving aspirations of middling urban people. Famously, novel venues, often commercial in foundation, were appearing and creating new spaces of sociability (the coffeehouse being a premier example); likewise, new institutions (varieties of club and society) were proliferating. 5 A feature of these venues and institutions, noted by contemporaries, was the co-presence of diverse strangers. The norms of politeness were …
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