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Puritans At Play - Leisure and Recreation in Early New England (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
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Puritans At Play - Leisure and Recreation in Early New England (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
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For over four centuries "puritan" has been a synonym for "dour",
"joyless", and "repressed". In the 1930s however, historians began
to reappraise the accuracy of this grim portrait. Bruce C. Daniels
continues that reappraisal by examining leisure and recreation in
colonial and revolutionary New England. He looks closely not only
at what New Englanders did from 1620 to 1790, but also at what they
said about play, pleasure, and relaxation, thereby placing their
deeds and words in the context of an evolving and complex social
structure. Daniels's descriptions of leisure and recreational
activities do justice to both the intellectual richness of the
historical material and to its inherent charm. Chapters on reading,
music, civic celebrations, dinner parties, dancing, courtship, sex,
alcohol, taverns, sports and games are presented in a lively style
designed to make this book as entertaining as it is illuminating.
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