Sex in Middlesex

Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699

von Roger Thompson

274 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"Thompson analyzes the court records of 17th century Middlesex County, searching for such sexually related crimes as fornication, breach of promise, sexual deviancy, and adultery. His findings help shatter the traditional historical caricature of New England Puritans as patriarchal, dour wife-beaters and child-abusers, a myth eloquently created by Perry Miller and most recently reinforced by Lawrence Stone. In the court records Thompson discovers Puritans who exhibited 'tolerance, mutual regard, affection, and prudent common sense' within the context of a popular Puritan piety. A well-written social history that places Puritanism in a human rather than an intellectual framework, Sex in Middlesex is recommended for all students of American history and the American family."--Library Journal

• Reihe: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
• ISBN: 9780870236563
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2012
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Mass