Egalitarian greetings: the social spread of the handshake in urbanizing Britain, 1700–1850

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY Urban History Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.1017/s0963926824000385
Penelope J. Corfield
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Handshaking has a long multi-cultural history. This article focuses upon its diffusion in Britain 1700–1850. Two networks boosted the handshaking salutation. One was a mercantile network, extending across Europe’s urban/commercial regions. The other featured ‘middling sort’ Quaker men and women, who shook hands on principle. Gradually, the salutation became widely diffused – and acquired a range of egalitarian meanings. Handshaking was not an elite practice which ‘trickled down’ to the masses. Instead, it spread by social negotiation both ‘upwards’ and ‘downwards’ from middle-class society. Traditional hierarchy was yielding to an urbanizing and internationalizing world – with multiple individual options.
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平等主义的问候:1700-1850 年英国城市化进程中握手的社会传播
握手有着悠久的多元文化历史。本文重点介绍 1700-1850 年握手礼在英国的传播情况。有两个网络推动了握手礼的发展。一个是遍布欧洲城市/商业区的商业网络。另一个是 "中产阶级 "贵格会男女,他们按原则握手。渐渐地,握手礼被广泛传播,并获得了一系列平等主义的含义。握手并不是一种 "涓滴 "流向大众的精英习俗。相反,它是通过社会协商从中产阶级社会 "向上 "和 "向下 "传播的。传统的等级制度正在屈服于一个城市化和国际化的世界--一个有多种个人选择的世界。
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Urban History
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期刊介绍: Urban History occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wideranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. The journal coverage is worldwide in its scope. In addition, it hosts innovative multi-media websites - including graphics, sound and interactive elements - to accompany selected print articles. The journal also includes book reviews, reviews of recent PhD theses, and surveys of recent articles in academic journals.
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