Title First among men : George Washington and the myth of American masculinity / Maurizio Valsania.

Publication Info.	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
	©2022

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	92 WASHINGTON	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	B WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	B WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Check Shelf

Description	x, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The American giant -- Testing himself -- A taste for cruelty and war -- A body in pain -- Checking the body -- The love letters -- The meaning of love (and marriage) -- A sentimental male -- A maternal father -- A person of fine manners -- The message of his clothing -- Astride the great stage -- Consummation -- Giants die as well.
Summary	"The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental question that no biography has ever asked in such a direct way: What do we know, really, about Washington as an actual eighteenth-century Virginia upper-class male?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Influence.
	Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783.
	Washington, George, 1732-1799. (OCoLC)fst00178100
	Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Masculinity. (OCoLC)fst01011027
	Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1700-1799
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	George Washington and the myth of American masculinity
Other Form:	ebook version : 9781421444482
ISBN	9781421444475 (hardcover)
	142144447X
	9781421444482 (ebook)

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