Norbert Elias ; translated by Edmund Jephcott with some notes and corrections by the author and edited by Eric Dunning, Johan Goudsblom, and Stephen Mennell.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Revised edition.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 567 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [517]-553) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This work traces the "civilizing" of manners in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and shows how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. Originally published as two volumes: "The History of Manners" and "State Formation and Civilization"