Rape and Sexual Power in Early America:

by Sharon Block

Book Overview

In a comprehensive examination of rape and its prosecution in British America between 1700 and 1820, Sharon Block exposes the dynamics of sexual power on which colonial and early republican Anglo-American society was based.

Block analyzes the legal, social, and cultural implications of more than nine hundred documented incidents of sexual coercion and hundreds more extralegal commentaries found in almanacs, newspapers, broadsides, and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857610
• ISBN13: 9780807857618
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 6.3"