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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (63 entries) ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Contents |
Foreword by Judith Martin (aka Miss Manners) -- Introduction -- Chapter one: shake hands, tip hats -- Handshakes -- Bowing -- Kissing & hugging -- Greetings & salutations -- Honorifics & names -- Gestures -- Chapter two: say the magic words -- Saying please -- Saying thank you -- Saying you're welcome -- Saying hello -- Saying "how are you?" -- Saying goodbye -- Chapter three: elbows off the table -- Hosts -- Guests -- Tables -- Utensils -- Foods -- Drinks -- Chapter four: rank's privileges -- Matters of state -- Down to business -- All in the timing -- Better left unsaid -- Clothes call -- No rules -- Chapter five: all in the family -- Birth -- Childhood -- Relatives -- Celebrations -- Observances -- Obligations -- Chapter six: the game of life -- Equipment -- Training -- Competition --Elementary -- University -- Professional -- Chapter seven: on the road again -- On the ground -- Behind the wheel -- In air or water -- Crossing -- Boundaries -- Carrying -- Chapter eight: getting & spending -- Currency -- Service -- Negotiation -- Staff -- Colleagues -- Competitors -- Acknowledgments -- Say please and thank you in many languages -- Manner mavens: in their own words. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
With engaging and artfully presented text, including sidebars on media mavens throughout history, social gaffes, and archaic manners, this book is as entertaining as it is informative. Readers delve into cultural similarities and differences through lively passages, colorful photography, and sidebars on unique history. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Etiquette -- History.
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Courtesy -- History.
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Manners and customs.
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United States -- Civilization -- Miscellanea.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Common courtesy. |
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How manners shaped the world. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1426208138 9781426208133 (DLC) 2011275859 303 pages : color illustrations |
| ISBN |
1426208138 hardback |
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9781426208133 hardback |
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9781784029883 electronic version |
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