Table of Contents: Citizen bachelors :

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCurdy, John Gilbert, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Subjects and Genres:	Bachelors > United States > History > 17th century. Bachelors > United States > History > 18th century. United States > Social life and customs > To 1775. United States > Social life and customs > 1775-1783.
Online Access:	Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : bachelors in early America
"Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants" : singles in early colonial America
"If a single man and able he shall make satisfaction" : the bachelor laws
"Every one of them shall be chained about the middle to a post like a monkey" : literary representations of the bachelor
"I resolve to live a bachelor while I remain in this wicked country" : living single in early America
"The bachelor is the only free man" : the single man and the American Revolution
Epilogue : bachelors since 1800
Appendix : singles' laws, 1500-1800.