Founding Friendships - Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

Zusatztext beautifully written and insightful ... Good's book further expands our understanding of the tight interweave between personal and public relationships during this formative period of US history, showing the ways in which non-marital friendships between men and women could enrich private lives and also the political realm. Informationen zum Autor Cassandra Good serves as an Assistant Professor of History at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. She was formerly the Associate Editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington. Klappentext Elite men and women in America's founding era formed friendships with one another that were vibrant, intimate, and politically significant. These relationships put women on equal footing with the founding fathers and other prominent men. Zusammenfassung Elite men and women in America's founding era formed friendships with one another that were vibrant, intimate, and politically significant. These relationships put women on equal footing with the founding fathers and other prominent men. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Three Stories of Friendship 2. Reading Friendship 3. Friends and Lovers 4. Propriety, Positioning, and the Public Face of Friendship 5. Friendly Letters 6. The Gifts of Friendship 7. The Power of Friendship Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Cassandra A Good, Cassandra A. Good, Cassandra A. (Assistant Editor Good, Cassandra A. (Assistant Professor of History Good, Good Cassandra A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9780199376179
• ISBN: 978-0-19-937617-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800