This cultural history of colonial New England will forever change the way readers think about America's early Puritans. Daniels reappraises the accuracy of this grim portrait by examining leisure and recreational actitives, including music, dinner parties, sex, alcohol, taverns, and sports.
div Introduction • Did Puritans Like Fun? • Intellectual and Cultural Entertainment • Gathering Together • Men and Women Frolic Together • Special Opportunities and Barriers • Puritans, Revolutionaries, and Americans/divdivFor over four centuries, Puritan has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and ...