The overflowing of friendship [electronic resource] : love between men and the creation of the American republic / Richard Godbeer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Godbeer, Richard
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Men > United States > History > 18th century.
Male friendship > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 1775-1783.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2009 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Overflowing of Friendship: Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • "The friend of my bosom": a Philadelphian love story
  • "A settled portion of my happiness": friendship, sentiment, and eighteenth-century manhood
  • "The best blessing we know": male love and spiritual communion in early America
  • "A band of brothers": fraternal love in the Continental Army
  • "The overflowing of friendship": friends, brothers, and citizens in a republic of sympathy.