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Informalization and contemporary manners: The Wouters studies

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This is a discussion of two books by Cas Wouters, Sex and Manners: Female Emancipation in the West 1890–2000 (London: Sage, 2004), and Informalization: Manners and Emotions since 1890 (Sage, forthcoming 2007, English version).

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    Peter N. Stearns

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Stearns, P.N. Informalization and contemporary manners: The Wouters studies. Theor Soc 36, 373–379 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-007-9030-4

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