Sex Among the Rabble: An Intimate History of Gender & Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830

Clare A. Lyons

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2006 - History - 420 pages

Placing sexual culture at the center of power relations in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia, Clare Lyons uncovers a world where runaway wives challenged their husbands' patriarchal rights and where serial and casual sexual relationships were commonplace. Re

About the author

Clare A. Lyons is associate professor of history at the University of Maryland.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sex Among the Rabble: An Intimate History of Gender & Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830; Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist; Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Series
• Author: Clare A. Lyons
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2006
• ISBN: 0807830046, 9780807830048
• Length: 420 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Social Science / Gender Studies