The Independent Man

'Independence' was an important ideal for men in Georgian England. In this period however, the word meant much more than simply the virtues of self-sufficiency and impartiality. Most people believed that obligations absolutely compromised freedom and conscience, whereas 'independence' was associated with manly virtue and physical vigour. Fundamentally, the political world was thought to consist of 'independent men', exercising their consciences and standing up for the general good. As such, Georgians thought about political action and masculine virtue very differently to the ways in which we do today. In this important new study, Matthew McCormack establishes the links between the histories of masculinity and politics, highlighting the centrality of 'manly' ideals in the political world and - conversely - the role of politics in the operation of gender ideology. The book will be welcomed by students and specialists alike with interests in politics, gender studies or British history in the period

ISBN 0719070546   Pages 232 ISBN13 9780719070549 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 404 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Hardback   Series title Gender in History Publication date 01 Dec 2005   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress HQ1075.5.G   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 942.073081   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Gender, obligation and political virtue		12
2		'Act the part of honest independent men'		31
3		From the Civil War to the Seven Years War		56
4		Declarations of independence, 1760-76		80
5		Rethinking the independent Englishman, 1770-97		104
6		Anti-Jacobinism and citizenship, 1789-1815		140
7		Independence versus old corruption, 1815-29		162
8		Independence and the reform debates, 1830-32		187

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