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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unique and Surprising Look at Early American Life
The title's reference to a sexual revolution may be somewhat of a misnomer, but Godbeer provides exceptional insight into what Puritans thought, said and did sexually. Godbeer provides ample evidence to debunk the view of Puritans is the dour uptight anti-sexual stereotype, a view largely created in the 19th century by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Puritans explicitly rejected...
Published on May 3, 2006 by Douglas S. Wood
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15 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, valuable but misleading
Edmund Morgan has said it best: valuable research, interesting conclusions which add to our knowledge, but hardly a sexual revolution. It is unfortunately that to be politically/sexually correct in academia and to sell books the author has had to misrepresent what he has accomplished.
Published on June 20, 2002
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unique and Surprising Look at Early American Life,
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This review is from: Sexual Revolution in Early America (Gender Relations in the American Experience) (Paperback)
The title's reference to a sexual revolution may be somewhat of a misnomer, but Godbeer provides exceptional insight into what Puritans thought, said and did sexually. Godbeer provides ample evidence to debunk the view of Puritans is the dour uptight anti-sexual stereotype, a view largely created in the 19th century by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Puritans explicitly rejected the "Papist" viewpoint that sex was evil and should only be done for procreation. Godbeer also explores Anglo-Indian sexual relations and post-revolutionary mores.
Godbeer shows that the sexuality of early Americans was far more complex than the barren stereotypes suggest.
15 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, valuable but misleading,
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This review is from: Sexual Revolution in Early America (Gender Relations in the American Experience) (Hardcover)
Edmund Morgan has said it best: valuable research, interesting conclusions which add to our knowledge, but hardly a sexual revolution. It is unfortunately that to be politically/sexually correct in academia and to sell books the author has had to misrepresent what he has accomplished.
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Sexual Revolution in Early America (Gender Relations in the American Experience) by Richard Godbeer (Hardcover - April 5, 2002)
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