Title: Sensibility and the American Revolution /
Authors: Knott, Sarah, 1972-
Publisher: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Sensitivity (Personality trait) Social aspects United States History; Sensitivity (Personality trait) Political aspects United States History; Self-perception United States History; Social interaction United States History; Community life United States History; Political culture United States History; United States History Social aspects.; United States Social life and customs; United States Politics and government; United States Politics and government
Contents: Part I: Transatlantic Conduits: 1: Print, Booksellers, and the Sentimental -- 2: Medicine, Physicians, and the Nervous -- Part II: American Circles: 3: Sentimental Coteries: A Quartet of Types -- 4: The War for Independence -- 5: Shaping the New Republic -- Part III: Transatlantic Backlash: 6: Wars of Words: Radicalism, Youth, and Reaction.