The result is a cinéma vérité of American bad manners.

These writers sometimes saw little and misunderstood much, but their memoirs open a valuable window on American domestic manners.

By the final story, we realize a larger claim on the condition of American manners has here been hazarded.

"The campaign will be about personalities - in the American manner."

In the zone, American manners, laws and expectations prevailed.

But then you realize that the picture is a comedy of American manners.

All the clerks were Chinese, but most of them had an American manner.

Helmut sits beside him as the delighted passenger and student of American manners.

In the casual American manner we quickly became great friends.

Caldwell mentions several recent books proclaiming American manners at an all-time low.