{"product_id":"sentiments-of-a-britishamerican-woman-esther-deberdt-reed-and-the-american-revolution-9780271079288","title":"Sentiments of a BritishAmerican Woman Esther","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores the life and work of political publicist and strategist Esther DeBerdt Reed, who, in a life highly structured by conflict, national identity, religion, and the overall importance of being a wife and mother, gave eloquent expression to the political aspirations of female patriots in Revolutionary America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A love story worthy of William Shakespeare, a snapshot of family life in catastrophic times, and a guide to what went wrong between Britain and its American colonies from 1764 to 1783.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Edith Gelles \u003ci\u003eThe William and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A beautifully written biography of a strong-willed, smart, and forgotten heroine. . . . Adding to the still scant scholarship on women in early America, Ireland’s book is enthusiastically endorsed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—B. B. Pfleger \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ireland's sharp analysis of Esther Reed's \"Sentiments of an American Woman\" shows her ideas and aspirations in action—as she was acting politically, using social acumen, employing strategic thinking, and enacting \"the politics of image, or the politics of self-representation.””\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lucia McMahon \u003ci\u003eEarly American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ireland draws on rich collections of DeBerdt and Reed family letters to produce this excellent biography. He argues perceptively that, while in some respects, the life of his subject was extraordinary, in others her experiences were much like those of other smart, politically engaged, and affluent wives and mothers in revolutionary America.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Cynthia A. Kierner \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a comprehensive and moving study, Owen Ireland brings to light the important but little-known story of Esther DeBerdt Reed, one of the most powerful female figures to emerge during the American Revolution. Ireland chronicles the grand love affair between Reed, a privileged Londoner, and her husband, an American lawyer and patriot, and also explores how Reed became the leading organizer of the Philadelphia Ladies Association, a group that provided critical financial assistance to Washington’s troops. Improbable, inspirational, and instructive, Reed’s life is a tale of female self-invention and of love played out in the shadows of the Revolutionary crisis.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Rosemarie Zagarri,author of \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Historian Owen Ireland’s gracefully written full-fledged biography of Esther DeBerdt Reed, a British-born American patriot, is a welcome and necessary addition to Revolutionary Era history. Based on deep research, Ireland makes a compelling case for understanding the rich but tragically short life of Esther DeBerdt Reed, an important female politician and American founder.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alison M. Parker,author of \u003ci\u003eArticulating Rights: Nineteenth-Century American Women on Race, Reform, and the State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This exciting book is a significant contribution not just to our understanding of revolutionary-era America but also to our understanding of global history itself. Esther Reed is a fascinating protagonist, and her transatlantic life—and especially her intercontinental courtship with her eventual husband, Joseph Reed—sheds light on the complex ties that connected the North American colonies to England and the wider world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tonio Andrade,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gunpowder Age: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSentiments of a British-American Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting story of how Esther DeBerdt Reed negotiated the challenges of immigration, marriage, and Revolutionary politics. As an eminent political historian, Owen S. Ireland marshals his command of Pennsylvania politics and women’s history and, in quoting her substantial correspondence, allows DeBerdt Reed to speak for herself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jean Soderlund,author of \u003ci\u003eLenape Country: Delaware Valley Society Before William Penn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Despite Reed’s importance, this is the first full biography of this pioneer politician. It is, in Ireland’s telling, an engaging tale that mingles the drama and romance expected of a novel with the politics, finance, and suffering of Reed and her husband during the struggle for American independence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Susan E. Klepp,author of \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Conceptions: Women, Fertility, and Family Limitation in America, 1760-1820\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Esther: Imprudent and Impatient Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Joseph: Love and Calculation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: A Willful Girl Matures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Responsibilities and Schemes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Politics: Old World Patronage\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Love Defeats Prudence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Exiled Where Women “stooped like country girls.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: A New Political Identity: “They” becomes “We”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: “Unleash the Dogs of War”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Politics: New World Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: America’s Female Politician\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Triumph and Tragedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400798871895,"sku":"9780271079288","price":68.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sentiments-of-a-britishamerican-woman-esther-deberdt-reed-and-the-american-revolution-9780271079288","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}