| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Stages
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Stages (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-181) and index. |
| Contents |
Welcome -- Flatter yourself -- Why flatter? -- How to flatter -- The flatteree -- Dangers -- Heroism of flattery -- To flatter God -- Farewell. |
| Summary |
Where would we be without flattery? Giving flattery light, attention, and care, this title treats readers to hundreds of historical examples drawn from the highest social circles in politics, romance, and religion, from the courts of Byzantium and China to Paris, Rome, and Washington, DC. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Etiquette.
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Etiquette. |
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Flattery.
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Flattery. |
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Praise.
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Praise. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Regier, Willis Goth. In praise of flattery. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803239692 0803239696 (DLC) 2007007625 (OCoLC)85692786 |
| ISBN |
9780803213999 (electronic book) |
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0803213999 (electronic book) |
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9780803239692 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803239696 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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