Many societies, past and present, are seen as having restrictive views on the pursuit of pleasure, but few peoples conjure up as strong an image of asceticism as the Puritans do. For over four centuries, "puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless and repressed. In the 1930s, however, professional historians questioned the accuracy of this grim portrait, and began a reappraisal of Puritanism that continues to the present. As part of that reappraisal, this book examines leisure and recreation in colonial and revolutionary ...
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Many societies, past and present, are seen as having restrictive views on the pursuit of pleasure, but few peoples conjure up as strong an image of asceticism as the Puritans do. For over four centuries, "puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless and repressed. In the 1930s, however, professional historians questioned the accuracy of this grim portrait, and began a reappraisal of Puritanism that continues to the present. As part of that reappraisal, this book examines leisure and recreation in colonial and revolutionary New England. It analyzes what New Englanders said about play, pleasure and relaxation, as well as what they did between 1620 and 1790. It also places these words and deeds in the context of an evolving, complex social structure. There are chapters on reading, music, civic celebrations, dinner parties, dancing, courtship, sex, alcohol, taverns sports an games are presented. Bruce C. Daniels is the author of "The Fragmentation of New England: Comparative Perspectives on Economic, Political and Social Divisions in the Eighteenth Century".
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very Good. Tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, cover curl and crease, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Very Good- 271 p. incl. index and footnotes; tradepaper; VG-, minor shelf wear and bumping, small stained area on outside of text block near top. Interior clean and solid. Bruce Daniels, Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, has written a book that is both scholarly and entertaining, on the many forms of recreation available to New England colonists, who were not the dour and cheerless lot we sometimes think.
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