We Shall Be No More
Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Suicide, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Richard Bell | ISBN: | 9780674068698 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Bell |
| ISBN: | 9780674068698 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Though suicide is an individual act, Richard Bell reveals its broad social implications in early America. From Revolution to Reconstruction, everyone—parents, newspapermen, ministers and abolitionists alike—debated the meaning of suicide as a portent of danger or of possibility in a new nation struggling to define itself and its power.
Though suicide is an individual act, Richard Bell reveals its broad social implications in early America. From Revolution to Reconstruction, everyone—parents, newspapermen, ministers and abolitionists alike—debated the meaning of suicide as a portent of danger or of possibility in a new nation struggling to define itself and its power.
