{"product_id":"the-overflowing-of-friendship-love-between-men-and-the-creation-of-the-american-republic-paperback","title":"The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Godbeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen eighteenth-century American men described \"with a swelling of the heart\" their friendships with other men, addressing them as \"lovely boy\" and \"dearly beloved,\" celebrating the \"ardent affection\" that knit their hearts in \"indissoluble bonds of fraternal love,\" their families, neighbors, and acquaintances would have been neither surprised nor disturbed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Godbeer's groundbreaking new book examines loving and sentimental friendships among men in the colonial and revolutionary periods. Inspired in part by the eighteenth-century culture of sensibility and in part by religious models, these relationships were not only important to the personal happiness of those involved but also had broader social, religious, and political significance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGodbeer shows that in the aftermath of Independence, patriots drafted a central place for male friendship in their social and political blueprint for the new republic. American revolutionaries stressed the importance of the family in the era of self-government, reimagining it in ways appropriate to a new and democratized era. They thus shifted attention away from patriarchal authority to a more egalitarian model of brotherly collaboration. In striving to explore the inner emotional lives of early Americans, Godbeer succeeds in presenting an entirely fresh perspective on the personal relationships and political structures of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars have long recognized the importance of same-sex friendships among women, but this is the first book to examine the broad significance ascribed to loving friendships among men during this formative period of American history. Using an array of personal and public writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Overflowing of Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Godbeer's groundbreaking book examines loving and sentimental friendships among men in the colonial and revolutionary periods. He argues that, in the aftermath of Independence, patriots drafted a central place for male friendship in their social and political blueprint for the new republic. American revolutionaries shifted attention away from patriarchal authority to a more egalitarian model of brotherly collaboration. In striving to explore the inner emotional lives of early Americans, Godbeer succeeds in presenting an entirely fresh perspective on the personal relationships and political structures of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sophisticated analysis of sources that have long confused historians. Offering a thoughtful window onto the world of early American men, it demonstrates that sympathy and affection were important qualities for the founding fathers.--\u003ci\u003eNew England Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGodbeer has staked out bold ground with this book. Some early Americanists will surely scoff at the notion that sentimentality was relevant even in the macho arena of state formation, just as historians of sexuality will freeze at the inference that there is no sexual attraction or intimacy between these men. That one book could successfully intervene with both the oldest historiographical and the newest theoretical question is no small feat, but rather one for which Godbeer deserves the appreciation and admiration of his fellow historians.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis beautifully crafted book breaks important new ground by connecting the ideal of sympathetic fraternal love to the reconceptualization of politics and political community in revolutionary America.--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGodbeer's evocative narrative format allows the reader to enter a lost world of sentiment and even physical affection between men. Godbeer complicates, as others have before him, the modern binaries of sexuality, but he also argues that male friendship provides a new way of seeing familiar faces and analyzing familiar events of colonial British North American history in the eighteenth century.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--E. Anthony Rotundo, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manhood\u003c\/i\u003e \"Common-Place\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Godbeer's groundbreaking book examines loving and sentimental friendships among men in the colonial and revolutionary periods. He argues that, in the aftermath of Independence, patriots drafted a central place for male friendship in their social and political blueprint for the new republic. American revolutionaries shifted attention away from patriarchal authority to a more egalitarian model of brotherly collaboration. In striving to explore the inner emotional lives of early Americans, Godbeer succeeds in presenting an entirely fresh perspective on the personal relationships and political structures of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sophisticated analysis of sources that have long confused historians. Offering a thoughtful window onto the world of early American men, it demonstrates that sympathy and affection were important qualities for the founding fathers.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew England Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Godbeer has staked out bold ground with this book. Some early Americanists will surely scoff at the notion that sentimentality was relevant even in the macho arena of state formation, just as historians of sexuality will freeze at the inference that there is no sexual attraction or intimacy between these men. That one book could successfully intervene with both the oldest historiographical and the newest theoretical question is no small feat, but rather one for which Godbeer deserves the appreciation and admiration of his fellow historians.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His beautifully crafted book breaks important new ground by connecting the ideal of sympathetic fraternal love to the reconceptualization of politics and political community in revolutionary America.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Godbeer's evocative narrative format allows the reader to enter a lost world of sentiment and even physical affection between men. Godbeer complicates, as others have before him, the modern binaries of sexuality, but he also argues that male friendship provides a new way of seeing familiar faces and analyzing familiar events of colonial British North American history in the eighteenth century.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Godbeer\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of Miami. His books include \u003ci\u003eSexual Revolution in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Johns Hopkins, \u003ci\u003eThe Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEscaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781422252320,"sku":"9781421413839","price":61.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9ecd9db2cf6263d14c5c647b9dac648b.webp?v=1780550188","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-overflowing-of-friendship-love-between-men-and-the-creation-of-the-american-republic-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}