Male-Male Intimacy in Early America
Subtitle: Beyond Romantic Friendships
Publisher: Harrington Park Press
Published: March 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781560233442
Subjects: Gay studies (Gay men); Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Homosexuality; United States History (Specific Aspects); Gender Studies; Sociology; USA; Gay Studies; History; United States - General; Homosexuality, Male; Male friendship; United States
First sentence: The casual observation of Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, jotted down in Augustus John Foster's commonplace book, provides a key to understanding an important aspect of early American history: settlement patterns encouraged the proliferation of male-male sexuality.