| Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Daniels, Bruce C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312161247 ISBN-13: 9780312161248 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 790.190 |
| LCCN: 2009455651 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.54" W x 8.52" (0.84 lbs) 271 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: '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. |