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

by Richard Bell and Richard Bell

Book Overview

Suicide is a quintessentially individual act, yet one with unexpectedly broad social implications. Though seen today as a private phenomenon, in the uncertain aftermath of the American Revolution this personal act seemed to many to be a public threat that held no less than the fate of the fledgling Republic in its grip.

Salacious novelists and eager newspapermen broadcast images of a young nation rapidly destroying itself. Parents, physicians,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674063724
• ISBN13: 9780674063723
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"