"'Inn Civility' explores Urban Taverns in the Early American society"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Coffeehouse coteries: civil dreams of exclusivity and consumer power -- "Citizens of the world"?: coming to terms with cosmopolitanism -- "We that entertain travelers must strive to oblige every body": the messy reality of civil society -- "Disorderly houses": rakish revelries, unlicensed taverns, and uncivil contradictions -- "They will begin to think their united power irresistible": the Stamp Act and the crisis of civil society -- "As far from being settled as ever it was": the revolutionary transformation of civil society.
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