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Title: PURITANS AT PLAY
LEISURE AND RECREATION IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
By: Bruce C. Daniels
Format: Hardback

List price: £64.00


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ISBN 10: 0333655176
ISBN 13: 9780333655177
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 30 August, 1995
Pages: 272
Description: Examining leisure and recreation in colonial and revolutionary New England, this book 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.
Synopsis: 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".
Illustrations: notes
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Returnable
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