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We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States

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We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States

Though suicide is an individual act, Richard Bell reveals its broad social implications in early America. From Revolution to Reconstruction, everyoneâ‚¬"parents, newspapermen, ministers and abolitionists alikeâ‚¬"debated the meaning of suicide as a portent of danger or of possibility in a new nation struggling to define itself and its power.
Country USA
Manufacturer Harvard University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-03-20
Format Kindle eBook

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