Etiquette books framed bodily self-monitoring as collision-avoidance in crowds

Evidence

Never turn a corner at full speed or you may find yourself knocked down, or may knock down another by the violent contact. Always look in the way you are going or you may chance to meet some awkward collision. (J. Young, 1881:151,155) By 1892, such single-minded concern with public behavior had abated somewhat. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 677

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The physical choreography of anonymous crowds parallels the perceptual discipline Cole’s Julius must maintain — useful texture for the anonymity essays.