# The Refinement of America

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- Book: [The Refinement of America](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-lyman-bushman/the-refinement-of-america) ([The Refinement of America.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-lyman-bushman/the-refinement-of-america.md))
- Authors: [Richard Lyman Bushman](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-lyman-bushman)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-414-6
- Pages: 528
- Published: 1993-08-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture. Spanning the material world from mansions...