Sex in Civilization / edited by V. F. Calverton and S. D. Schmalhausen with an introduction by Havelock Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calverton, V. F. (Victor Francis), 1900-1940, editor.

Contributor:

Schmalhausen, Samuel D. (Samuel Daniel), 1890- editor.

Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939, writer of introduction.

Macaulay Company, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Sex (Psychology).

Social psychology.

Penn Provenance:

Frank, Waldo (autograph)

Frank, Jean K. (donor)

Calverton, V. F. (Victor Francis), 1900-1940 (autograph)

Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 (autograph) (inscription)

Fauset, Arthur Hoff, Estate of (donor)

Physical Description:

719, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Macaulay company, [1929]

Contents:

Preface

Introduction / Havelock Ellis

I. Sex Through the Ages. Sex in Religion / Robert Briffault; Sex and Primitive Society / Alexander Goldenweiser; Women in Transition / Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale; Should all Taboos be Abolished? / William McDougall; Sex Enlightenment for Civilized Youth / Mary Ware Dennett; Sex and Race Progress / Charlotte Perkins Gilman

II. The Rôle of Sex in Behavior. The Implications of Sex / Joseph Jastrow; Sex in Dynamic Psychology / A. A. Roback; Sex Censorship and Democracy / Waldo Frank; Wisdom for Parents / Judge Ben. B. Lindsey; Sex and the Law / Huntington Cairns; The Sexual Factor in Divorce / Arthur Garfield Hays; Sex Jealousy and Civilization / J. William Lloyd

III. Sex and Psycho-Sociology. Sex and Social Struggle / V. F. Calverton; Sex in Education / Harry Elmer Barnes; The Sexual Revolution / Samuel D. Schmalhausen

IV. Sex and Psychoanalysis. Narcissism / Fritz Wittels; The Theory of the Libido / Smith Ely Jelliffe; The Psychoanalytic Approach / Bernard Glueck; The Psychoanalysis of Asceticism / E. Boyd Barrett; Freud's Theory of Sex: A Criticism / Abraham Myerson

V. The Clinical Aspects of Sex. The Civilizing Force of Birth Control / Margaret Sanger; Sex in the Adolescent Girl / Phyllis Blanchard; Physical Disabilities in Wives / G. V. Hamilton and Kenneth Macgowan; Sex and Insanity / J. Blake Eggen; Sex and Normal Human Nature / Ira S. Wile; Sex Consciousness in the Child / C. Elizabeth Goldsmith; The Art of Love / William J. Fielding

VI. Sex in Poetry and Fiction. A Note on the Poetry of Sex / Arthur Davison Ficke; Sex and the Novel / Robert Morss Lovett.

Notes:

"Biographical Notes of Contributors" (pages 693-699),

Includes bibliographical references (pages 700-705) and index.

Local Notes:

Libra Rare copy is inscribed "To my good friend Locke. Warmly V. F. Calverton". Half-title page has autograph of Alain Locke, 1929. Contents page has penciled marks. Spine is partially detached.

OCLC:

46813390