Taming passion for the public good : policing sex in the early republic / Mark E. Kann.

New York : New York University Press, [2012]

ix, 237 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-228) 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.