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

Author/Creator:

Kann, Mark E.

Publication/Creation:

New York : New York University Press, [2013]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Taming passion for the public good : policing sex in the early republic / Mark E. Kann

Series Titles:

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

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

Description/Summary

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (ix, 237 pages) ; cm.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990032876550302486

ISBN:

0814770193
9780814759462
9780814770191
9780814770191 (cl : alk. paper)