American Civilizing Process

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COVER ; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Prologue: Civilizing Processes; 1 'American Civilization'; 2 'Fellow Americans' and Outsiders; 3 American Manners Under Scrutiny; 4 American Aristocracies; 5 The Market Society; 6 Violence and Aggressiveness; 7 And Wilderness is Paradise Enow: From Settlements to Independence; 8 But Westward, Look, the Land is Bright: From Frontier to Empire; 9 Integration Struggles; 10 The Curse of the American Dream; 11 Involvement, Detachment and American Religiosity; 12 America and Humanity as a Whole; Notes; References; Index