Sexuality in world history
By: Peter N. Stearns
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Themes in world history; Themes in world history
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781138241718; 9781138241732
Subjects: Sex; History
Notes: Revised edition of the author's Sexuality in world history, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Preface to second edition; title: Introduction: the whys and hows of sex history; title: Preface: sexuality before modern times; title: Anthropological findings: a sampling; title: Sexuality and the rise of agriculture; title: Sexuality in the classical period; title: The impact of religion on sexuality, to 1450; title: Sex in an age of trade and colonies, 1450-1750; title: Preface sex in the modern world, 1750; title: 1950; title: Western society : a first sexual revolution and the victorian response, 1750-1950; title: Global trends and variations in the age of imperialism; title: Preface: sexuality in the age of globalization; title: Contemporary sexuality : toward liberation?; title: Contemporary sexuality : a sea of problems?; title: Conclusion: a new variety?; title: Epilogue sexuality from past to present.