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2017003004 |
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DLC |
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20190729110926.0 |
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170207s2017 maua b 001 0 eng |
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2017003004 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780674976498 |
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0674976495 |
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pcc |
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n-us--- |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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MH/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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MH |
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DLC |
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MvI |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HM1161 |
| Item number |
.B73 2017 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
973 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bramen, Carrie Tirado, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1964- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
American niceness : |
| Remainder of title |
a cultural history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Carrie Tirado Bramen. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; |
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London, England : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Harvard University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2017] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
368 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Despite Fanny Trollope's dismissal of Americans as tobacco chewing, patriotic boors, travelers have a long history of commenting on American friendliness. Alexis De Tocqueville observed that their sociability made Americans more akin to the French than the "unfriendly disposition of the English." And Rudyard Kipling remarked, "it is perfectly impossible to go to war with these people, whatever they may do. They are much too nice." Although it often goes unnamed as a pattern of behavior, niceness pervades the assumptions, discourses, and the everyday conduct of and about Americans. But how and when did Americans become associated with being nice? Carrie Tirado Bramen argues that in the nineteenth century niceness became an indispensable part of a democratic personality that was friendly and accessible, free from the Old World snobbery of a class-ridden society. It defined the geist of a white settler nation based on transience and cohered through a common affect that Bramen calls "manifest cheerfulness." American niceness has figured in a national fantasy of American exceptionalism, based neither exclusively nor even primarily on military might and economic prowess, but on more mundane attributes such as friendliness. The distinctiveness of Americans has been largely shaped through the language of sociality and the importance of likability.-- |
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Provided by publisher |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: American niceness and the democratic personality -- Indian giving and the dangers of hospitality -- Southern niceness and the slave's smile -- The Christology of niceness -- Feminine niceness -- The likable empire from Plymouth Rock to the Philippines. |
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Friendship |
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United States |
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History. |
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Kindness |
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United States |
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History. |
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National characteristics, American |
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Public opinion |
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History. |
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Visitors, Foreign |
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United States |
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Attitudes |
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History. |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u815515 |
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HM1161 .B73 2017 |
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LC |
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EY8Z |
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33039001428811 |
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36165 |