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Item Details
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PURITANS AT PLAY
LEISURE AND RECREATION IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND |
| By: |
Bruce C. Daniels |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£33.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333681037 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333681039 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
6 September, 1996 |
| 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: |
'It is rare for a book to be both erudite and amusing at the same time, and this book has succeeded. It has changed the common but unacceptable image of the Puritans as dull, solemn, melancholy misanthropes' - Horton Davies, author of The Worship of the American Puritans 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 making this book as entertaining as it is illuminating. |
| Illustrations: |
index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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