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

Sex among the Rabble: An Intimate History of Gender and Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia 1730-1830. By Clare A. Lyons (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 432 pp.).

This is a book with great strengths, especially in the areas of good writing, depth of research and integration of social and cultural history. However, there are also some arguments and interpretations that seem only weakly linked to the evidence and will certainly stimulate debate. First, as to the book's strengths, Lyons is to be commended for tackling important questions about the role of sexuality in power relations on both an intimate and a public level. She posits that ...

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