First Among Men

First Among Men
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9781421444475
ISBN-13 : 142144447X
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Book Synopsis First Among Men by : Maurizio Valsania

Download or read book First Among Men written by Maurizio Valsania and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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?"--


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