Roger Thompson: Sex in Middlesex, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Sex in Middlesex
- Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699
(soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)
- Verlag:
- Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Mass, 06/2012
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780870236563
- Artikelnummer:
- 6292813
- Umfang:
- 274 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 404 g
- Maße:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke:
- 19 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 28.6.2012
- Serie:
- UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
"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
Biografie
Roger Thompson is Associate Professor of English and Fine Arts at VMI. He is an award-winning nonfiction writer and has published both academic and non-academic work in a variety of journals.
