Read Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

Cassandra A. Good

4.9/5 (33873 ratings)

Description:"When Harry Met Sally" is only the most iconic of popular American movies, books, and articles that pose the question of whether friendships between men and women are possible. In Founding Friendships, Cassandra A. Good shows that this question was embedded in and debated as far back as the birth of the American nation. Indeed, many of the nation's founding fathers had female friends but popular rhetoric held that these relationships were fraught with social danger, if not impossible. Elite men and women formed loving, politically significant friendships in the early national period that were crucial to the individuals' lives as well as the formation of a new national political system, as Cassandra Good illuminates. Abigail Adams called her friend Thomas Jefferson "one of the choice ones on earth," while George Washington signed a letter to his friend Elizabeth Powel with the words "I am always Yours." Their emotionally rich language is often mistaken for romance, but by analyzing period letters, diaries, novels, and etiquette books, Good reveals that friendships between men and women were quite common. At a time when personal relationships were deeply political, these bonds offered both parties affection and practical assistance as well as exemplified republican values of choice, freedom, equality, and virtue. In so doing, these friendships embodied the core values of the new nation and represented a transitional moment in gender and culture. Northern and Southern, famous and lesser known, the men and women examined in Founding Friendships offer a fresh look at how the founding generation defined and experienced friendship, love, gender, and power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic. To get started finding Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0199376174

Description: "When Harry Met Sally" is only the most iconic of popular American movies, books, and articles that pose the question of whether friendships between men and women are possible. In Founding Friendships, Cassandra A. Good shows that this question was embedded in and debated as far back as the birth of the American nation. Indeed, many of the nation's founding fathers had female friends but popular rhetoric held that these relationships were fraught with social danger, if not impossible. Elite men and women formed loving, politically significant friendships in the early national period that were crucial to the individuals' lives as well as the formation of a new national political system, as Cassandra Good illuminates. Abigail Adams called her friend Thomas Jefferson "one of the choice ones on earth," while George Washington signed a letter to his friend Elizabeth Powel with the words "I am always Yours." Their emotionally rich language is often mistaken for romance, but by analyzing period letters, diaries, novels, and etiquette books, Good reveals that friendships between men and women were quite common. At a time when personal relationships were deeply political, these bonds offered both parties affection and practical assistance as well as exemplified republican values of choice, freedom, equality, and virtue. In so doing, these friendships embodied the core values of the new nation and represented a transitional moment in gender and culture. Northern and Southern, famous and lesser known, the men and women examined in Founding Friendships offer a fresh look at how the founding generation defined and experienced friendship, love, gender, and power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic. To get started finding Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

More Books

First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America

First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America

Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic [1/12/2017] Cassandra A. Good

Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic [1/12/2017] Cassandra A. Good

Let Her Be Evil

Let Her Be Evil

A Spanking Good Time: An Adventure, Twice Told

A Spanking Good Time: An Adventure, Twice Told

A Spanking Good Time

A Spanking Good Time

Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family

Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family

Girl on a Layover: A steamy, feel-good second chance romance novella (Girl on a Plane series)

Girl on a Layover: A steamy, feel-good second chance romance novella (Girl on a Plane series)