{"product_id":"the-refinement-of-america-persons-houses-cities-paperback","title":"The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Lyman Bushman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture. Spanning the material world from mansions and silverware to etiquette books, city planning, and sentimental novels, Richard L. Bushman shows how a set of values originating in aristocratic court culture gradually permeated almost every stratum of American society and served to prevent the hardening of class consciousness. A work of immense and richly nuanced learning, \u003ci\u003eThe Refinement of America\u003c\/i\u003e newly illuminates every facet of both our artifacts and our values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Lyman Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History, Emeritus, at Columbia University, grew up in Portland, Oregon, and earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University. He has also taught at Brigham Young University, Boston University, and the University of Delaware. His \u003ci\u003eFrom Puritan to Yankee: Character and Social Order in Connecticut, 1690\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e1765\u003c\/i\u003e won the Bancroft Prize in 1967. His other books include \u003ci\u003eJoseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), winner of the Evans Biography Award; \u003ci\u003eKing and People in Provincial Massachusetts\u003c\/i\u003e (1985); and \u003ci\u003eThe Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). A practicing Mormon, he lives in New York City with his wife, Claudia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53356092981613,"sku":"9780679744146","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/h5ryVcnUeZ9780679744146.webp?v=1779259952","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-refinement-of-america-persons-houses-cities-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}