Male-male intimacy in early America : beyond romantic friendships / William Benemann.

New York : Harrington Park Press, [2006], ©2006.

xx, 322 pages ; 22 cm

The freedom of the frontier -- Warme Brüder, mouches, and mollies -- Rom, sodomy, and the lash -- Gone for a soldier -- Sodomites in America's libraries -- Racism and homosexual desire in the antebellum period -- The nation's capital under Jefferson : four case studies -- On the streets of Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Boston -- Spirituality and sublimation -- Gender anarchy as a revolutionary threat -- Male intimacy at the fringes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-311) and index.