SOURCE: “Courtesy, Conduct and Etiquette: An Overview,” in Manners, Morals and Class in England, 1774-1858, pp. 8-31. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
In the essay that follows, Morgan defines different types of English social conduct books—including those for men, women, and children—in the late eighteenth century.
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