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Taming Lust: Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic - Early American Studies
Doron S. Ben-Atar
Taming Lust: Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic - Early American Studies
Doron S. Ben-Atar
This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the region.
216 pages, 21 illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 15, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780812223750 |
Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 12 mm · 322 g |