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The overflowing of friendship : love between men and the creation of the American republic / Richard Godbeer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godbeer, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--United States--History--18th century.
- Men.
- Male friendship--United States--History--18th century.
- Male friendship.
- United States--Social life and customs--1775-1783.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9536-7
- OCLC:
- 557672918
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