Abigail and John Adams : the Americanization of sensibility / G. J. Barker-Benfield.
Abigail and John Adams : the Americanization of sensibility / G. J. Barker-Benfield.
Abigail and John Adams : the Americanization of sensibility / G. J. Barker-Benfield.
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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N973.44/3
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English
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xi, 501 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Origins, definitions, and social circumstances -- The metropolitan sources of the Adamses' views of sensibility -- The meanings of sensibility -- The theory of gendered sensibility -- Social circles and the reformation of female manners -- Young American women enter the world -- Particular applicati...
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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Illinois
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
Draws on the correspondence between Abigail and John Adams during the American Revolution to explore a relationship threatened by separation, a country in its infancy, and the earliest understandings of what it means to be American.
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Abigail and John Adams : the Americanization of sensibility / G. J. Barker-Benfield.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-490) and index.
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N973.44/3
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74VvKZpJ7xoy
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ISBN
0226037436 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226037431 (cloth : alk. paper)
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973.44092 B
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991007685749702626
