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Savage or civilised? : manners in colonial Australia / Penny Russell.
Publication details: Sydney : New South, 2010.Description: x, 406 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780868408606 (pbk.)
- Savage or civilized?
- 1788 - 1900
- Courtesy -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
- Etiquette -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
- Etiquette -- Australia -- History
- Courtesy -- Australia -- History
- Courtesy
- Etiquette
- Manners and customs
- Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1788-1900
- Australia -- Social life and customs
- Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
- Australia
- 390.0994 22
- BJ2007.A8 R87 2010
Incomplete contents:
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.
Civil frontiers -- Gestures of peace and friendship -- Squatters and gentlemen -- High society -- Transgressions of a lady -- Defending professional honour -- Domestic worlds -- Trials of a governess -- Duties of a good husband -- Keeping up appearances -- New publics -- Street parade -- Social climbing.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 390.099 RUS | Available | 058787 |
Total reserves: 0
"A New South book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-401) and index.
Civil frontiers -- Gestures of peace and friendship -- Squatters and gentlemen -- High society -- Transgressions of a lady -- Defending professional honour -- Domestic worlds -- Trials of a governess -- Duties of a good husband -- Keeping up appearances -- New publics -- Street parade -- Social climbing.
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.
