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The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities by Richard Lyman Bushman Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-679-74414-2 / 0679744142 ISBN-13: 978-0-679-74414-6 / 9780679744146 This lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture. Spanning the material world from mansions and silverware to etiquette books, city planning, and sentimental novels, Richard L. Bushman s |