In cities from Boston to Charleston, elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in private venues to script a polite culture. By ex

During the 18th century, letter manuals became the most popular form of conduct literature. They were marketed to and used by a wide spectrum of society, from m

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Printing presses were instrumental in creating and upholding a sense of community during the eighteenth century. While the importance of print in the developmen

Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century Brit