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Taming passion for the public good : policing sex in the early republic /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kann, Mark E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Subjects:
Sexual ethics > United States > History.
Sex > United States > History > 18th century.
Sex > United States > History > 17th century.
United States > Moral conditions.
United States > History > 1783-1865.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • In the shadow of patriarchal authority
  • Resilient patriarchal authority
  • The need to police sex
  • Policing impassioned men
  • Policing women's sex lives
  • Policing prostitution
  • The patriarchal core of liberalism.