Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic
Lewis, Jan Ellen / Bienstock, Barry / Gordon-Reed, Annette / Onuf, Peter
One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays defined the emerging fields of gender and emotions history and reframed traditional understandings of the founding fathers and the U.S. Constitution. This book collects thirteen of Lewis's most important essays. Distinguished scholars shed light on the historical and historiographical contexts in w...