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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Valsania, Maurizio, 1965- author.     Subjects     Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Influence.     Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Valsania, Maurizio, 1965- author.       by title:      First among men : Ge...         MARC Display

First among men : George Washington and the myth of American masculinity / Maurizio Valsania. by Valsania, Maurizio, 1965- author. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022. Subjects Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Influence.   Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   Presidents -- United States -- Biography.   United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783. ISBN:  9781421444475 (hardcover) : 142144447X (hardcover) Description:  x, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Requests:  0 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?"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.41092 Washington Va Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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