Inn civility : urban taverns and early American civil society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scribner, Vaughn (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:	Early American places.
Subjects:	Taverns (Inns) > United States > History. United States > Social life and customs > 18th century. 1700-1799 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.