| Main Title: |
Savage or civilised? : manners in colonial Australia / Penny Russell. |
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| Author: |
Russell, Penelope Ann
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| Imprint: |
Sydney : University of New South Wales, 2010. |
| Collation: |
x, 406 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), portraits, notes, bib., index, pbk ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. |
| Subject: |
Colonial times
Etiquette
Social life and customs
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| ISBN: |
9780868408606 (pbk.) |
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