| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 501 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Origins, definitions, and social circumstances -- The metropolitan sources of the Adamses' views of sensibility -- The meanings of sensibility -- The theory of gendered sensibility -- Social circles and the reformation of female manners -- Young American women enter the world -- Particular applications -- A woman's struggle over sensibility -- Sensibility and reform -- Abigail's perspective, public versus private -- John Adams and the reformation of male manners -- The pleasures and pains of public life -- Private perpetuation -- Raising children with sensibility -- A reformed rake? -- The question answered -- Conclusion -- The Americanization of sensibility. |
| Summary |
During the many years that they were separated by the perils of the American Revolution, John and Abigail Adams exchanged hundreds of letters. Writing to each other of public events and private feelings, loyalty and love, revolution and parenting, they wove a tapestry of correspondence that has become a cherished part of American history and literature. With "Abigail and John Adams:, historian G.J. Barker- |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
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Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818. |
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Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Adams, John, 1735-1826. |
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Sentimentalism.
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Sentimentalism. |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1775 |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783.
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| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865.
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| Chronological Term |
1783-1865 |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barker-Benfield, G.J. Abigail and John Adams. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226037431 (DLC) 2010008035 (OCoLC)537308944 |
| ISBN |
9780226037448 (electronic book) |
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0226037444 (electronic book) |
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9780226037431 |
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0226037436 |
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