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Autore |
Godbeer Richard |
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Titolo |
Sexual revolution in early America / / Richard Godbeer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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9780801875676 |
0-8018-7567-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (448 p.) |
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Collana |
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Gender relations in the American experience |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sex customs - United States - History |
Sex role - United States - History |
Sex customs - North America - History |
United States Social life and customs To 1775 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I - Passionate Pilgrims; Chapter 1 - ''Chambering and Wantonising''; Chapter 2 - ''A Complete Body of Divinity''; Chapter 3 - ''Pregnant with the Seeds of All Sin''; Part II - Sex and Civility; Chapter 4 - ''Living in a State of Nature''; Chapter 5 - The Dangerous Allure of ''Copper-Coloured Beauties''; Chapter 6 - ''The Cameleon Lover''; Part III - The Sexual Revolution; Chapter 7 - ''Under the Watch''; 'Chapter 8 - 'A Hint to Young Ladies''; Chapter 9 - ''Martyrdom to Venus''; Afterword; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Colonial history will never quite be the same... The most thorough compendium of sexual incidents, attitudes, laws, and literature in British America before 1800... This work will be the central reference point for our understanding of sexuality in early America for many years to come." -- Washington Times. |
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