On the Sources of Patriarchal Rage: The Commonplace Books of William Byrd and Thomas Jefferson and the Gendering of Power in the Eighteenth Century

by Kenneth A. Lockridge

Book Overview

"A brilliant . . . analysis of the fragile hegemony and identities of colonial Virginia's elite men. . . . On the Sources of Patriarchal Rage compellingly illuminates the ragged edge where masculinity and colonial identity meet. . . . the book] will undoubtedly send Jefferson scholars scurrying back to their notes. . . . Most significant, by being among the first to tackle the subject of masculinity in early America, Lockridge forces colonial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814750699
• ISBN13: 9780814750698
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"