TY - BOOK AU - Kann,Mark E. ED - Project Muse. TI - Taming passion for the public good: policing sex in the early republic SN - 9780814759462 AV - HQ18.U5 K365 2012 U1 - 306.70973 23 PY - 2012///] CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Sexual ethics KW - United States KW - History KW - Sex KW - 18th century KW - 17th century KW - Moral conditions KW - 1783-1865 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index; In the shadow of patriarchal authority -- Resilient patriarchal authority -- The need to police sex -- Policing impassioned men -- Policing women's sex lives -- Policing prostitution -- The patriarchal core of liberalism UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814759462/ ER -