HST 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Breastfeeding, Sarah Pierce, Fetus
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Family is basic unit of colonial society, and the structure is a main portion of tensions between groups of people. Race and sex essential to colonial economic development. Egalitarian model of human relationships compared to others of the time (i. e. husband wife, master servant) Transitional period = experimentation period; more homosexual relationships. Main goals of revolution: life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. This leads to a greater sense of freedom (freedom to explore sexuality) New model of male friendship that began before the revolution, but intensified during. Context: men going away to college, leaving their families and communities communities. In college: open friendships - expressing physical and emotional longing for each other when they are apart. Letters show men yearning for each other instead of for their wives. Letter daniel webster to james bingham: webster wants bingham to be his life partner.
