Citizen bachelors : manhood and the creation of the United States / John Gilbert McCurdy.

Author/creator McCurdy, John Gilbert, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-260) and index.
LCCN 2008045803
ISBN9780801447884 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801447887 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HQ 800.3 .M38 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold