Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England

Type

Book

Authors

Bruce C. Daniels

ISBN 10

0312161247

ISBN 13

9780312161248

Tags

Christian Books & Bibles, Colonial Period, State & Local, England, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Christianity, Reference, Religion & Spirituality, Sociology of Sports, Europe, United States

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. - from Amzon

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