Ebook: Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England
Author: Bruce C. Daniels
- Tags: Puritans -- Recreation -- New England -- History -- 17th century, Puritans -- Recreation -- New England -- History -- 18th century, Leisure -- New England -- History, Putirains -- Loisirs -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle, Loisir -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire, Puritains -- Loisirs -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle, Loisir -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Moeurs et coutumes, Leisure, Puritans -- Recreation, New England
- Year: 1996
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
- City: New York, New England.
- Edition: 1st St. Martin’s Griffin ed.
- Language: English
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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 examing 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 that makes this book as entertaining as it is illuminating. -- Read more...