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Hardcover:

9780745680248 | Polity Pr, June 7, 2016, cover price $59.95

Paperback:

9780745680255, titled "What Is Sexual History?" | Polity Pr, June 7, 2016, cover price $19.95

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Product Description: From earliest times, sex has fascinated and repulsed society in equal measure. In an effort to untangle Western society's complex relationship with the realities of sex, this provocative volume explores the ways in which governments, religious leaders and cultures in Europe tried to regulate sex and sexuality throughout history...read more

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9780786495047 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, November 5, 2014, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: From earliest times, sex has fascinated and repulsed society in equal measure.

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Product Description: People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. Gazing upon someone—or oneself—was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility introduced an erotic element as well...read more

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9780226038353 | Univ of Chicago Pr, July 3, 2006, cover price $54.00 | About this edition: People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch.

Paperback:

9780226211725 | Reprint edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, October 24, 2014), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch.

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A Global History of Sexuality provides a provocative, wide-ranging introduction to the history of sexuality from the late eighteenth century to the present day.   Explores what sexuality has meant in the everyday lives of individuals over the last 200 years Organized around four major themes: the formation of sexual identity, the regulation of sexuality by societal norms, the regulation of sexuality by institutions, and the intersection of sexuality with globalization Examines the topic from a comparative, global perspective, with well-chosen case studies to illuminate the broader themes Includes interdisciplinary contributions from prominent historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and sexuality studies scholars Introduces important theoretical concepts in a clear, accessible way
By Donna J. Guy (editor)

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9781405120487 | Blackwell Pub, February 10, 2014, cover price $106.95 | About this edition: A Global History of Sexuality provides a provocative, wide-ranging introduction to the history of sexuality from the late eighteenth century to the present day.

Paperback:

9781405120494 | Blackwell Pub, February 24, 2014, cover price $36.95

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By Jonathan Davis (narrator), Jetha, Allyson Johnson (narrator) and Christopher Ryan

CD/Spoken Word:

9781480563766 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, September 3, 2013), cover price $14.99

Hardcover:

9781442218680 | 1 edition (Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, June 27, 2013), cover price $37.00

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Product Description: A man admits that, when drunk, he tried to have sex with an eighteen-year-old girl; she is arrested and denies they had intercourse, but finally begs God's forgiveness. Then she is publicly hanged alongside her attacker. These events took place in 1644, in Boston, where today they would be viewed with horror...read more

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9780199892419 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2012, cover price $58.00 | About this edition: A man admits that, when drunk, he tried to have sex with an eighteen-year-old girl; she is arrested and denies they had intercourse, but finally begs God's forgiveness.

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Hardcover:

9780061707803 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, June 29, 2010), cover price $25.99 | also contains Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

Miscellaneous:

9780062002938 | Harpercollins, June 29, 2010, cover price $12.99

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Product Description: Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture.  Offers a wealth of information on sex in the Greek and Roman world Correlates the study of classical sexuality with modern Western cultures Identifies key influential themes in the evolution of erotic discourse from antiquity to modernity Presents a serious and thought-provoking topic with great accessibility...read more

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9781405122917 | Blackwell Pub, May 3, 2010, cover price $45.95 | About this edition: Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture.
9780191224317, titled "Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names With Their Pronunciation and Meaning Together With Subject Index and Subject Index and Concordance" | Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 1953, cover price $9.95 | also contains Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names With Their Pronunciation and Meaning Together With Subject Index and Subject Index and Concordance

Paperback:

9781119025481 | Blackwell Pub, June 29, 2015, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture.

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Product Description: 'Expansive and accessible, Peter Stearns' Sexuality in World History offers a much needed introduction to histories of sexuality from a global perspective.' – Mary Spongberg- Head of Department of Modern History, Macquarie University, USA This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how it helps explain sexuality in the present...read more

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9780415777766 | 1 edition (Routledge, April 8, 2009), cover price $125.00 | About this edition: 'Expansive and accessible, Peter Stearns' Sexuality in World History offers a much needed introduction to histories of sexuality from a global perspective.

Paperback:

9780415777773 | Routledge, April 2, 2009, cover price $35.95

Miscellaneous:

9780203880326 | Routledge, February 18, 2009, cover price $29.95

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Exploring the history of heterosexual and homosexual concepts, a study examines the works of such professionals as Freud and the influence of the church while challenging current opinions about sexual identity

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9780525938453 | E P Dutton, March 1, 1995, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Exploring the history of heterosexual and homosexual concepts, a study examines the works of such professionals as Freud and the influence of the church while challenging current opinions about sexual identity

Paperback:

9780226426013 | Univ of Chicago Pr, June 15, 2007, cover price $20.00
9780452275423 | Reprint edition (E P Dutton, March 1, 1996), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Exploring the history of heterosexual and homosexual concepts, a study examines the works of such professionals as Freud and the influence of the church while challenging current opinions about sexual identity.

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A leading British journalist examines both male and female sexual climax throughout history from a biological, psychological, and literary perspective, exploring the ways in which the search for pleasure--and the converse fear of that pleasure--has shaped diverse societies. Reprint.

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9780802117861 | Grove Pr, October 1, 2004, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Examines both male and female sexual climax throughout history from biological, psychological, and literary views.

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9780802142160 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 9, 2005), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A leading British journalist examines both male and female sexual climax throughout history from a biological, psychological, and literary perspective, exploring the ways in which the search for pleasure--and the converse fear of that pleasure--has shaped diverse societies.

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Product Description: At first sight, to ask how sex has been influenced by technology over time may appear to be a perplexing question. There is no doubt about the current importance of the new technologies of reproduction, sex-change operations, and the passion that electronic chat-rooms incite...read more

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9781853437786 | Free Assn Books, June 1, 2004, cover price $34.50 | About this edition: At first sight, to ask how sex has been influenced by technology over time may appear to be a perplexing question.

By Stephen Bayley (editor) and Erotic Print Society (corporate author)

Hardcover:

9780304359462 | Cassell, March 1, 2002, cover price $34.95

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Hardcover:

9780415299282 | 2 edition (Routledge, January 13, 2011), cover price $110.00
9780415122689 | Routledge, April 1, 1997, cover price $95.00

Paperback:

9780415299299 | 2 edition (Routledge, January 21, 2011), cover price $25.95
9780415084949 | Routledge, May 1, 1997, cover price $22.95

Miscellaneous:

9780203129760 | Routledge, January 4, 2002, cover price $22.95

By Kim M. Phillips (editor) and Barry Reay (editor)

Hardcover:

9780415929349 | Routledge, November 1, 2001, cover price $160.00

Paperback:

9780415929356 | Routledge, November 1, 2001, cover price $49.95

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The author explores the relationship between power and sex, using history and literature to explore the trophy wife, the harem, the political marriage, and other evidence of a link between these two forces.

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9781568332307 | Madison Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Looks at the relationship between power and sex, using history and literature to explore the trophy wife, the harem, the political marriage, and other evidence of a link between these two forces.

By Robert A. Schmidt (editor) and Barbara L. Voss (editor)

Hardcover:

9780415223652 | Routledge, October 1, 2000, cover price $145.00

Paperback:

9780415223669 | Routledge, October 1, 2000, cover price $46.95

By Nick Groom (editor) and Ian McCormick (editor)

Hardcover:

9780415201469 | Routledge, September 1, 2000, cover price $1850.00

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Jeffrey Weeks has established an international reputation as one of the most original and influential writers on the social history of sexuality. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780745621142 | Polity Pr, February 28, 2000, cover price $79.95

Paperback:

9780745621159 | Polity Pr, February 28, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Jeffrey Weeks has established an international reputation as one of the most original and influential writers on the social history of sexuality.

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Product Description: Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World is the first global survey of such for the early modern period. Merry Wiesner-Hanks assesses the role of personal faith and the church itself in the control and expression of all aspects of sexuality...read more

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9780415144339 | Routledge, November 1, 1999, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World is the first global survey of such for the early modern period.

Paperback:

9780415144346 | Routledge, November 1, 1999, cover price $38.95

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