![]() | We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States Subjects: Suicide -- United States -- History; Suicide -- Political aspects -- United States; Suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Suicide in mass media; Suicide -- Social aspects -- United States; 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. Bell Richard : Richard Bell is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland. |
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