A01=Deborah Navas
Author_Deborah Navas
brutality of colonial law
capital punishment history
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colonial gossip and rumor
colonial Massachusetts crime
community outrage in small towns
complex motives behind historical crimes
court proceedings in the colonies
crowd-drawn judicial events
domestic betrayal narrative
dramatic unraveling of personal loyalties
early American justice system
eighteenth-century scandal
elite family downfall
emotional turmoil behind violent acts
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forbidden relationships in turbulent times
frontier community drama
gendered double standards in punishment
hidden stories of the revolution
illicit wartime romance
intersection of politics and family life
intimate lives exposed in court
legal constraints on wives
legal petitions denied
local tensions during the revolution
Loyalist family conflicts
military deserters in civilian life
militia culture and civilian entanglements
moral panic in wartime Massachusetts
notorious New England homicide
overlooked narratives of early American women
patriarchal control in early America
personal tragedy in revolutionary society
power dynamics within marriage
psychological pressures on colonial women
public executions as spectacle
punishment of women in early America
revolutionary-era social tensions
sensational trials of the 1700s
shifting allegiances during wartime
social stigma of infidelity
societal expectations of motherhood
suppressed voices of colonial women
tragic consequences of rigid legal codes
Product details
- ISBN 9781558493346
- Weight: 381g
- Dimensions: 144 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 25 Oct 2001
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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An independent scholar, DEBORAH NAVAS is author of a short story collection, Things We Lost, Gave Away, Bought High and Sold Low, and won the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award and the New Hampshire Writers Project Emerging Writer Award.
