Under Household Government
Sex and Family in Puritan Massachusetts
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | M. Michelle Jarrett Morris | ISBN: | 9780674071414 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | December 17, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Michelle Jarrett Morris |
| ISBN: | 9780674071414 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | December 17, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors’ behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion.
The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors’ behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion.
