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An Archaeology of Manners - The Polite World of the Merchant Elite of Colonial Massachusetts (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
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An Archaeology of Manners - The Polite World of the Merchant Elite of Colonial Massachusetts (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
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A glance at the title of this book might well beg the question
"What in heaven's name does archaeology have to do with manners? We
cannot dig up manners or mannerly behavior-or can we?" One might
also ask "Why is mannerly behavior important?" and "What can
archaeology contribute to our understanding of the role of manners
in the devel- ment of social relations and cultural identity in
early America?" English colonists in America and elsewhere sought
to replicate English notions of gentility and social structure, but
of necessity div- ged from the English model. The first generation
of elites in colonial America did not spring from the landed gentry
of old England. Rather, they were self-made, newly rich, and newly
possessed of land and other trappings of England's genteel classes.
The result was a new model of gentry culture that overcame the
contradiction between a value system in which gentility was
conferred by birth, and the new values of bo- geois materialism and
commercialism among the emerging colonial elites. Manners played a
critical role in the struggle for the cultural legitimacy of
gentility; mannerly behavior-along with exhibition of refined taste
in architecture, fashionable clothing, elegant furnishings, and
literature-provided the means through which the new-sprung colonial
elites defined themselves and validated their claims on power and
prestige to accompany their newfound wealth.
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