A Republic of Men : : The American Founders, Gendered Language, and Patriarchal Politics / / Mark E. Kann.
What role did manhood play in early American Politics? In A Republic of Men, Mark E. Kann argues that the American founders aspired to create a "republic of men" but feared that "disorderly men" threatened its birth, health, and longevity. Kann demonstrates how hegemonic norms of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1998] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Culture of Manhood
- 2. The Grammar of Manhood
- 3. The Bachelor and Other Disorderly Men
- 4. The Family Man and Citizenship
- 5. The Better Sort and Leadership
- 6. The Heroic Man and National Destiny
- 7. The Founders' Gendered Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author