Taming Lust : Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic /

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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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Main Author: Ben-Atar, Doron S. (Author)
Other Authors: Brown, Richard D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Civilization.
Bestiality.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Bestialite > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Bestialite > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History > 18th century.
Bestiality > United States > History > 18th century.
Bestiality > United States > Case studies.
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 18e siecle.
United States > Civilization > 18th century.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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