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
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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.

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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.

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