A Stage for Gentility and the Performance of the Republican Gentleman:  Taverns in Richmond, Virginia from 1780 to 1820

This thesis assesses the ways in which gentility served as a catalyst for the creation of a new masculine identity during the early American republic:  the Republican Gentleman.  In particular, I utilize taverns in Richmond, Virginia from 1780 to 1820, in which to understand the significance of gent...

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Main Author: Lennon, Heather N.
Other Authors: History
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23227