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Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Early New England

Leisure and Recreation in Early New England

Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Early New England( )
Author: Daniels, Bruce C.
Bruce C., Daniels
ISBN:978-0-312-12500-4
Publication Date:Aug 1995
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:Palgrave Macmillan
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $54.99
Book Description:

'It is rare for a book to be both erudite and amusing at the same time, and this book has succeeded. It has changed the common but unacceptable image of the Puritans as dull, solemn, melancholy misanthropes' - Horton Davies, author of The Worship of the American Puritans For over four centuries, 'puritan' has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and repressed. In Puritans at Play, Bruce Daniels reappraises the accuracy of this grim portrait by examining leisure and recreation in colonial...
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Book Details
Pages:271
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Christianity / History
Social Science / General
History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.81 Inches
Book Weight:1.135 Pounds



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