From the Book - First American Edition.
The stars' tennis balls : or, A short introduction from an unusual angle
"I'ma get medieval on yo ass' : manners in the age of chivalry
Lubricants and filters : 'a kind of lesser morality'
Godspeed, babe : or, Meetings and greetings
Of courtiers and codpieces : fashioning Renaissance identity
But who was the Renaissance man?
Table manners : or, How to eat a cobra's heart
The Clothes Show : 'When in doubt, opt for navy'
Not Mr Sex : when 'coffee' doesn't mean coffee
The elephant and the bad baby : the everyday language of manners
Spectators and stratagems : the polite, commercial eighteenth century
Lord Chesterfield and the invention of etiquette
Letters and social change : Jane Austen and Fanny Burney
The Englishness of English manners
Island Man and his discontents : 'They do things differently there'
Fanny Trollope and the domestic manners of Americans
'You're the most important person!' : the trouble with children
What were Victorian values?
Curb your enthusiasm : new ways for new times
Creative hubs and 'extreme phenomena' : negotiating the modern city
Location, location, location : the rules of place
A fluid world : or, 'Are you suggesting that I should call you Eric?'
Technology and the revenge effect
'Are we there yet?' : manners now.
