For over four centuries, "Puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and repressed. In the tenth anniversary edition of 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 that makes this book as entertaining as it is illuminating.
- ISBN13 9781403972125
- Publish Date 1 January 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 1st ed. 2090
- Format Paperback
- Pages 271
- Language English