| Description |
xi, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Introduction : bachelors in early America -- "Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants" : singles in early colonial America -- "If a single man and able he shall make satisfaction" : the bachelor laws -- "Every one of them shall be chained about the middle to a post like a monkey" : literary representations of the bachelor -- "I resolve to live a bachelor while I remain in this wicked country" : living single in early America -- "The bachelor is the only free man" : the single man and the American Revolution -- Epilogue : bachelors since 1800 -- Appendix : singles' laws, 1500-1800. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-260) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : bachelors in early America -- "Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants" : singles in early colonial America -- "If a single man and able he shall make satisfaction" : the bachelor laws -- "Every one of them shall be chained about the middle to a post like a monkey" : literary representations of the bachelor -- "I resolve to live a bachelor while I remain in this wicked country" : living single in early America -- "The bachelor is the only free man" : the single man and the American Revolution -- Epilogue : bachelors since 1800 -- Appendix : singles' laws, 1500-1800. |
| Subject |
Bachelors -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Bachelors -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
40016621637 |
| ISBN |
9780801447884 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0801447887 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
40016621637 |
| OCLC # |
264670033 |
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