The origins of sex
Subtitle: a history of the first sexual revolution
By: Faramerz Dabhoiwala
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199892419
Subjects: Sex; History; Western Civilization; Sex customs; Sexual ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Prologue: the culture of discipline; title: Power and punishment; title: The decline and fall of public punishment; title: The rise of sexual freedom; title: The cult of seduction; title: The new world of men and women; title: The origins of white slavery; title: The media and the message; title: Epilogue: modern cultures of sex : from the Victorians to the twenty-first century; title: Notes; title: List of illustrations; title: Index.