Situated in the figurational-process tradition of research associated with Norbert Elias, this title examines changes in American, Dutch, English and German man... » 

Situated in the figurational-process tradition of research associated with Norbert Elias, this title examines changes in American, Dutch, English and German manners books regarding the changing relationship between men and women. It examines the disappearance of rules for chaperonage and the rise of new codes for the work place. «