National Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and the Imagined Fraternity of White Men

by Dana D. Nelson

Book Overview

National Manhood explores the relationship between gender, race, and nation by tracing developing ideals of citizenship in the United States from the Revolutionary War through the 1850s. Through an extensive reading of literary and historical documents, Dana D. Nelson analyzes the social and political articulation of a civic identity centered around the white male and points to a cultural moment in which the theoretical consolidation of white...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822321491
• ISBN13: 9780822321491
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.3"