Reddit reviews The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations

Not to mention none of those things have been stable over time. This will get lost, but Norbert Elias wrote a famous book called The Civilizing Process. Basically, what counts as decency is part of the evolution of statehood. For this discussion, though, manners and culture have changed enormously. It used to be no thing to dump a bucket of shit out of your window and into the street. No thing at all. Actually shitting in the street was only marginally rude. Now that would get you arrested.

Might be over a little too academic, but try:

http://www.amazon.com/Civilizing-Process-Sociogenetic-Psychogenetic-Investigations/dp/0631221611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321342297&sr=8-1