Sarah M S Pearsall

Atlantic Families

Lives and Letters in the Later Eighteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

The growth of the Atlantic world led to the separation of many families. Sarah Pearsall explores their lives and letters, revealing the sometimes shocking stories of those divided by sea, and argues that it was these transatlantic bonds-much more than the American Revolution-that reshaped contemporary ideals about marriage and the family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780199532995
• ISBN-10: 0199532990
• Artikelnr.: 25045101

Autorenporträt

Sarah M. S. Pearsall is a member of the Department of History, Oxford Brookes University. She was previously a Lecturer in Modern History at St. Andrews University, and has held long-term fellowships at the Newberry Library and Cambridge University. She received her PhD from Harvard University. Her articles have appeared in numerous books and journals, including The William and Mary Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

* Prologue
* Introduction
* Part I: "Dealing by Ink Altogether": Mechanisms of Connection and
Disconnection
* Introduction to Part I
* 1: Fractured Families: The Perils and Possibilities of Atlantic
Distance
* 2: Familiarity in Life and Letters
* 3: Sensibility in Life and Letters
* 4: Credit in Life and Letters
* Part II: "What may be our Lot": Stories of Connection and
Disconnection
* Introduction to Part II
* 5: The Repentant Son and the Unforgiving Father: Making a Man of
Feeling, a Man of Credit
* 6: The Farewell between Husband and Wife: The Politics of Family
Feeling
* 7: The Old Husband and the Young Wife: Scandal, Feeling, and Distance
* Conclusion
* Epilogue
* Bibliography