First Among Men
Author | : Maurizio Valsania |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2022-10-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781421444475 |
ISBN-13 | : 142144447X |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
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?"--