Etiquette

Business etiquette is the glue that binds people and keeps them happy in an otherwise stressed out environment.

‘Corporate Etiquette’ is crucial for conducting oneself in the right and professional manner in a business environment.

This book is a groundbreaking study of etiquette in the nineteenth century when the success of etiquette books reached unprecedented heights in Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States. It positions etiquette as a fully-fledged theoretical concept within the fields of politeness studies and historical pragmatics. After tracing the origin of etiquette back to Spanish court protocol, the analysis takes a novel approach to key aspects of etiquette: its highly coercive and intricate scripts; the liminal rituals of social gatekeeping; the fear for blunders; the obsession with precedence. Interrogating the complex relationship between historical etiquette and adjacent notions of politeness, conduct, morality, convention, and ritual, the study prompts questions on gender stereotyping and class privilege surrounding the present-day etiquette revival.

Business etiquette is the glue that binds people and keeps them happy in an otherwise stressed out environment.

The founder of The Plaza Hotel's Finishing Program spills her insider knowledge to help you become instantly more polished.

From the most trusted name in advice comes a fresh, contemporary guide to modern manners dilemmas.