Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-377) and index.
Contents:
14. The Index. Gert Hekma -- 2. Homosexuality in Greece and Rome / Charles Hupperts -- 3. The Middle Ages / Bernd-Ulrich Hergemòˆller -- 4. Early modern Europe, 1400-1700 / Helmut Puff -- 5. Male homosexuality in the age of enlightenment and revolution, 1680-1850 / Michael Sibalis -- 6. Lesbians and their like in early modern Europe, 1500-1800 / Laura Gowing -- 7. The Americas : from colonial times to the 20th century / Brett Genny Beemyn -- 8. The homosexual age, 1870-1940 / Florence Tamagne -- 9. Public spheres and gay politics since the second World War / Domenico Rizzo -- 10. Loving women in the modern world / Leila J. Rupp -- 11. Discovering homosexuality : cross-cultural comparison and the history of sexuality / Lee Wallace -- 12. Homosexuality in the Middle East and North Africa / Vincenzo Patanè€ -- 13. Desire and same-sex intimacies in Asia / Adrian Carton -- 14. The gay world : 1980 to the present / Gert Hekma -- Notes and bibliographies -- Acknowledgments for illustrations -- Index.
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