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Highlights
- For over four centuries, "Puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and repressed.
- Author(s): Bruce C Daniels
- 271 Pages
- History, United States
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About the Book
This cultural history of colonial New England will forever change the way readers think about America's early "Puritans". Daniels reappraises the accuracy of this grim portrait by examining leisure and recreational actitives, including music, dinner parties, sex, alcohol, taverns, and sports.Book Synopsis
For over four centuries, "Puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and repressed. In PURITANS AT PLAY, Bruce Daniels reappraises the accuracy of this grim portrait by examining leisure and recreation in Colonial and Revolutionary New England. Chapters on music, dinner parties, dancing, sex, alcohol, taverns, and sports are presented in a lively style that makes this book as entertaining as it is illuminating.Dimensions (Overall): 8.52 Inches (H) x 5.54 Inches (W) x .73 Inches (D)
Weight: .84 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 271
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: State & Local, New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Format: Paperback
Author: Bruce C Daniels
Language: English
Street Date: September 11, 1996
TCIN: 92367029
UPC: 9780312161248
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-7059
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.84 pounds
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