Hard covered book titled THE REFINEMENT OF AMERICA Persons, Houses, Cities by Richard Bushman, First Edition, 1992, 504 pages. ISBN 0394550102

Chapters include:

• THE GENTRIFICATION OF RURAL DELAWARE
• THE COURTESY BOOK WORLD
• BODIES & MINDS
• HOUSES & GARDENS
• CITIES & CHURCHES
• AMBIVALENCE
• VERNACULAR GENTILITY IN RURAL DELAWARE
• THE COMFORTS OF HOME
• LITERATURE & LIFE
• RELIGION & TASTE
• CITY & COUNTRY
• CULTURE & POWER

This book is in VG+ condition,  pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight. A must have for any history library!