Sex among the Rabble : An Intimate History of Gender and Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Introduction -- PART I. The Sexual Terrain of Colonial and Revolutionary Philadelphia -- 1 A Springboard to Revolution: Runaway Wives and Self-Divorce -- 2 The Fruits of Nonmarital Unions: Sex in the Urban Pleasure Culture -- 3 The Pleasures and Powers of Reading: Eroticization of Popular Print and Discursive Interpretations of Sex -- PART II. Sex in the City in the Age of Democratic Revolutions -- 4 To Be ''Free and Independent'': Sex among the Revolutionary Rabble -- 5 Sex and the Politics of Gender in the Age of Revolution -- PART III. Normalizing Sex in the Nineteenth Century: The Assault on Nonmarital Sexuality -- 6 Through Our Bodies: Prostitution and the Cultural Reconstruction of Nonmarital Sexuality -- 7 Through Our Souls: The Benevolent Reform of Sexual Transgressors -- 8 Through Our Children: Bastardy Comes under Attack -- Conclusion and Reflection -- Appendix -- Establishing Class -- Bastardy Totals -- Mothers' Requests for Out-Relief Bastardy Child Support -- Sexual Transgressions -- Manuscript Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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