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This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the regi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ben-Atar, Doron S. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brown, Richard D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
1700-1799
Bestiality > United States > Case studies.
Bestiality > United States > History > 18th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History > 18th century.
Bestialité > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Bestialité > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Bestiality
Civilization
Criminal justice, Administration of
United States > Civilization > 18th century.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
United States
American History.
American Studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Crimes Against Nature
  • Chapter 1. The Sisyphean Battle Against Bestiality
  • Chapter 2. The Unlikely Prosecutions of John Farrell and Gideon Washburn
  • Chapter 3. Sexual Crisis in the Age of Revolution
  • Chapter 4. Fearful Rulers in Anxious Times
  • Chapter 5. Puritan Twilight in the New England Republics.

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