Engaging strangers : civil rites, civic capitalism, and public order in Boston / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

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Monti, Daniel J., Jr, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 281 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781611475920
1611475929
1611475910
9781299184930
1299184936
9781611475913

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engaging strangersDDC classification:

307.7609744/61 23

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HN80.B7

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Contents:

Foreword: Engaging Strangers and the Banality of Civility / by Zane Miller -- "Lost in Boston" -- Boston by the Numbers -- Brahmins Don't Eat Here Anymore -- Ritualized Crises and Institutional Strangers -- Neighbors Make Good Fences -- The Enchanted Trolley Tour -- "At First We Were Just Civic Friends" -- A Crowded Mother's Day on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge -- Boston's Tribes -- The Leisure of the Theory Class.

Summary: Engaging Strangers: Civil Rites, Civic Capitalism, and Public Order in Boston by Daniel J. Monti, Jr. explores how the people of Boston have learned to practice a more congenial and respectful set of civic virtues. Monti provides a model for civic conduct for the rest of America to study and follow, showing how the cultural ideals we share and the civic-minded practices we follow in and out of the business world reflect a mix of liberal and conservative values that work for all of us. </sp.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.

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Engaging Strangers: Civil Rites, Civic Capitalism, and Public Order in Boston by Daniel J. Monti, Jr. explores how the people of Boston have learned to practice a more congenial and respectful set of civic virtues. Monti provides a model for civic conduct for the rest of America to study and follow, showing how the cultural ideals we share and the civic-minded practices we follow in and out of the business world reflect a mix of liberal and conservative values that work for all of us. </sp.

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