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Author:

Berkowitz, Eric.

Title:

Sex and punishment : four thousand years of judging desire / Eric Berkowitz.

Publisher:

Counterpoint :

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sex and law--History.
Sex customs--History.
Sex in popular culture--History.
Social change--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-434) and index.

Contents:

Channeling the urge : the first sex laws -- Honor among (mostly) men : cases from ancient Greece -- Imperial bedrooms : sex and the state in ancient Rome -- The Middle Ages : a crowd condemned -- Groping toward modernity : the early modern period, 1500-1700 -- The new world of sexual opportunity -- The eighteenth century : revelation and revolution -- The nineteenth century : human nature on trial.

ISBN:

1582437963
9781582437965

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)