Miss Manners: A Citizen's Guide to Civility - Couverture souple

Martin, Judith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0609801589 ISBN 13 : 9780609801581

Editeur : Three Rivers Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Martin Judith

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

After years of giving it their best shot, most Americans have concluded that an etiquette-free society just isn't the fun it was thought to be. The citizens are clamoring for a return to civility. Hearing their cry, Miss Manners has revised, edited, and updated her most authoritative work on how to behave like a decent human being--Miss Manner Rescues Civilization--for its paperback version.
        
In it, Miss Manners demonstrates etiquette's essential role of settling our inevitable social differences without the aid of lawyers or the courts. Proving that etiquette-society's common language of behavior--is not for sissies, she examines political correctness, multiculturalism, sexual harassment, educational failure, freedom of speech, and the many other dilemmas that grow ever more acute without the intervention of a few basic rules to protect the combatants.
        
Whether on the job, in the streets, in schools, or in Congress; whether shopping, dining, attending a concert, or commuting to the office, Miss Manners: A Citizen's Guide to Civility is the practical, no-nonsense primer that is required reading for everyone unhappy with the current state of etiquette but at a loss for a way to restore it to its rightful place in the daily life of an irritable nation.

Revue de presse

Miss Manners "finds herself drawn into the role of defining, rather than reporting on, the fast-changing standards of etiquette. . . . Behind the mask of Miss Manners lurks a subtle parodist named Judith Martin, and deep inside Judith Martin beats the heart of an authentic visionary who is enraptured by the prospect of a world characterized by social equality and social justice. . . . She is passionately interested in the weightiest and most urgent issues in our troubled world--class hatred, senseless acts of violence, the struggle for social justice, the search for enlightenment and fulfillment."          
--Los Angeles Times

"One of the freshest, funniest and most instructive guides to (civilized) behavior to come down the pike in years. . . . (Miss Manners) turns to such timely subjects as 'the I-gotta-be-me' mentality, out-of-control children, rude relatives, 'gentlemanly behavior,' 'on the spot corrections,' breaking dates, and, yes, the positioning of all manner of forks!"          
--San Francisco Chronicle

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Three Rivers Pr
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0609801589
• ISBN 13: 9780609801581
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 373
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible