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Intimate matters : a history of sexuality in America / John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman.
LIBRA HQ18.U5 D45 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Emilio, John
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex customs--United States--History.
- Sex customs.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 446 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- The first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans, from colonial times to today. D'Emilio and Freedman give us a deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history.
- "Fascinating.... (D'Emilio and Freedman) marshall their material to chart a gradual but decisive shift in the way Americans have understood sex and its meaning in their lives". -- Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times Book Review
- "D'Emilio and Freedman have surveyed the sexual patterns of an entire nation across four centuries". -- Martin Bauml Duberman, Nation
- "Bound to become the definitive survey of American sexual history for years to come". -- Roy Porter, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1988.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226142647
- OCLC:
- 37115017
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