Citizen bachelors : manhood and the creation of the United States /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCurdy, John Gilbert, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
To 1799
Bachelors > United States > History > 17th century.
Bachelors > United States > History > 18th century.
Célibataires > États-Unis > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Célibataires > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Bachelors
Manners and customs
Kultur
Lediger
United States > Social life and customs > To 1775.
United States > Social life and customs > 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1775.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1775-1783.
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : bachelors in early America
  • "Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants" : singles in early colonial America
  • "If a single man and able he shall make satisfaction" : the bachelor laws
  • "Every one of them shall be chained about the middle to a post like a monkey" : literary representations of the bachelor
  • "I resolve to live a bachelor while I remain in this wicked country" : living single in early America
  • "The bachelor is the only free man" : the single man and the American Revolution
  • Epilogue : bachelors since 1800
  • Appendix : singles' laws, 1500-1800.

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