The overflowing of friendship : love between men and the creation of the American republic / / Richard Godbeer
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| Autore: |
Godbeer Richard
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| Titolo: |
The overflowing of friendship : love between men and the creation of the American republic / / Richard Godbeer
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.310973/09033 |
| Soggetto topico: | Men - United States - History - 18th century |
| Male friendship - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Social life and customs 1775-1783 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-246) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "The friend of my bosom": a Philadelphian love story -- "A settled portion of my happiness": friendship, sentiment, and eighteenth-century manhood -- "The best blessing we know": male love and spiritual communion in early America -- "A band of brothers": fraternal love in the Continental Army -- "The overflowing of friendship": friends, brothers, and citizens in a republic of sympathy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Using an array of personal and public writings, The Overflowing of Friendship will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The overflowing of friendship |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9536-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814878103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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