The origins of sex : a history of the first sexual revolution
Dabhoiwala, Faramerz2013
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In this volume, Faramerz Dabhoiwala describes in dramatic detail how, between 1600 and 1800, the traditional Western view of sex was shattered by revolutionary new ideas - that sex is a private matter; that morality cannot be imposed by force; and that men are more lustful than women.
Main title:
The origins of sex : a history of the first sexual revolution / Faramerz Dabhoiwala.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2013.
Collation:
xi, 483 p., [16] p. of plates : ports. (some col.), ill. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2012.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241955963 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
756494