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Early America
Sex & Food in the Nineteenth-Century American Metropolis
Scandal erupted in a Philadelphia marketplace one Saturday morning in August 1839.
Tempests and Teapots: Sexual Politics and Tea-Drinking in the Early Modern World
The American Revolution is impossible to understand without food and sex at its center.
Women’s Experiences in Fornication and Paternity Suits in Massachusetts, 1740-1800
Women’s confessions and paternity suits reveal a host of information about the sexual lives of early Americans.
Sex and the American Quest for a Relatable Past
How we remember the sex lives of the founding fathers reflects contemporary concerns and projections.
Beyond the Binary: Trans* History in Early America
Trans history and non-binary perspectives to the study of pre-Civil War America.
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