Etiquette books’ public-space content diminished as the modern city matured

Evidence

A casual purview of such books from 1881 to 1962 reveals both a concentration on explicit instructions for public behavior during the period when the early industrial city in the United States was at its most confusing, and a gradually decreasing concern with these matters as the modern city came into its own. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 673

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: declining explicit instruction implies codes became internalized or replaced by other mechanisms — does that chronology connect to detaching observers like Julius?