American niceness : a cultural history / Carrie Tirado Bramen.

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Despite Fanny Trollope's dismissal of Americans as tobacco chewing, patriotic boors, travelers have a long history of commenting on American friendliness. Alexis De Tocqueville observed that their sociability made Americans more akin to the French than the "unfriendly disposition of the English." An...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bramen, Carrie Tirado, 1964- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Friendship > United States > History.
Kindness > United States > History.
National characteristics, American > Public opinion > History.
Visitors, Foreign > United States > Attitudes > History.
Friendship.
Kindness.
National characteristics, American > Public opinion.
Visitors, Foreign > Attitudes.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:368 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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