Empire of Manners Christine L. Gardiner Time-honored practices for a more

Time-honored practices for a more self-reliant and satisfying lifestyle

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Empire of Manners Christine L. Gardiner Time-honored practices for a moreIt is easy to believe that manners are empty gestures, little more than social artifice or practiced etiquette whose sole purpose is to project civility and facilitate social interaction. But if we look more closely, they can tell us much more than we might first suppose, revealing what conventional accounts of state, economy, and religion often ignore. With this book, James Grehan offers a panoramic view of manners and sociability across the