{"product_id":"american-sexual-histories-paperback-softback-9781444339291","title":"American Sexual Histories (Paperback \/ softback) 9781444339291","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Sexual Histories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A comprehensive, eye-opening collection of essays and meaningful documents.  Elizabeth Reis forces us to reevaluate what we think we know about sex in American history.” – \u003ci\u003eNancy Isenberg, Louisiana State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e“This terrific book does two things at once. It shows why sexuality has become such an important window onto the American past. And it illustrates concretely how primary sources are transformed into history.” – \u003ci\u003eEllen Herman, University of Oregon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An extremely useful survey of sexual history in the United States, representing the diversity of race\/ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation, and featuring an excellent selection of primary documents.”  – \u003ci\u003eSusan Stryker, University of Arizona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Although my students loved—and learned much—from the first edition of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sexual Histories\u003c\/i\u003e, the updated second edition is even better.  Great primary sources—important and current historical scholarship—both challenging and absorbing.  Highly teachable!” – \u003ci\u003eGail Bederman, Notre Dame University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Reis (Edited by), E Reis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444339291, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.689 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe second edition of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sexual Histories\u003c\/i\u003e features an updated collection of sixteen articles and their corresponding primary sources that investigate issues related to human sexuality in America from the colonial era to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFully updated with ten new chapters, featuring recently published essays by prominent scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides readers with the source documents that historians have analyzed in their articles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAllows readers to see how historians craft arguments based on available sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to evaluate historical documents, test the interpretations of historians, and draw their own conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors x  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Reis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Early America 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Bodies in Doubt: Intersex in Early America 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Reis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1.1 Thomas\/Thomasine Hall, 1629\u003c\/i\u003e 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1.2 James Parsons,\u003c\/i\u003e A Mechanical and Critical Enquiry into the Nature of Hermaphrodites\u003ci\u003e, 1741\u003c\/i\u003e 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1.3 Jane Sharp,\u003c\/i\u003e The Midwives Book\u003ci\u003e, 1671\u003c\/i\u003e 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Transgressive Male Sex in Early America 34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Foster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e2.1 Bestiality Cases in New Haven, Connecticut, 1638–49\u003c\/i\u003e 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e2.2 \"Trunil Him well brother,\" 1751\u003c\/i\u003e 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Indian Women, French Women, and the Regulation of Sex 56\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer M. Spear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e3.1 Journal of Diron d’Artaguiette, 1722–3\u003c\/i\u003e 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e3.2 Duclos to Pontchartrain, December 25, 1715\u003c\/i\u003e 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e3.3 Lamothe Cadillac to Pontchartrain, October 26, 1713\u003c\/i\u003e 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e3.4 Louisiana's Code Noir (1724)\u003c\/i\u003e 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Rape and Sexual Power in Early America 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon Block\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e4.1 Testimony against David Clark, 1764\u003c\/i\u003e 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e4.2 Ephraim Wheeler's Rape Trial, 1805\u003c\/i\u003e 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Overflowing of Friendship 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Godbeer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e5.1 Letters of Robert Treat Paine, 1749\u003c\/i\u003e 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e5.2 Letters of Daniel Webster, 1801–5\u003c\/i\u003e 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Sex Among the Rabble 122\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClare A. Lyons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e6.1 Philadelphia Magdalen Society, Minutes, 1807-10\u003c\/i\u003e 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e6.2 Maria; or, the Seduction, 1796\u003c\/i\u003e 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e6.3 The Histories of Some of the Penitents in the Magdalen-House, 1760\u003c\/i\u003e 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 White Women, Black Men, and Adultery in the Antebellum South 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartha Hodes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e7.1 Lewis Bourne Divorce Petition, 1823-5\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Obscenity, Sex Education, and Medical Democracy in the Antebellum United States 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eApril Haynes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e8.1 Frederick Hollick,\u003c\/i\u003e The Marriage Guide\u003ci\u003e, 1850\u003c\/i\u003e 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e8.2 Letters to the Editor about Dr. Frederick Hollick, 1845\u003c\/i\u003e 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Modern America 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeggy Pascoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9.1 \"Aoki – Engaged to Daughter of Prelate,\" 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9.2 \"Emery Girl Ready to Marry the Japanese,\" 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9.3 \"Aoki Expects to Wed in Portland,\" 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9.4 \"Whose Business Is It?\" 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9.5 \"A Disgusting Spectacle,\" 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9.6 \"Aoki's Inamorata Flits Northward,\" 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Hysteria: The Revolt of the \"Good Girl\" 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Lunbeck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e10.1 The Case of Miss A, 1913-14\u003c\/i\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 When Abortion Was Illegal 230\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeslie J. Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e11.1 A Maryland Abortionist Gets No Pardon, 1904\u003c\/i\u003e 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e11.2 Dying Declarations Obtained in Abortion Case as Condition to Rendering Aid, 1909\u003c\/i\u003e 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e11.3 Comments of \"Esther E.,\" 1920\u003c\/i\u003e 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Contraceptive Consumers 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrea Tone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e12.1 Advertisements for Lysol, 1932, 1933\u003c\/i\u003e 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e12.2 Facts and Frauds in Women's Hygiene, 1936\u003c\/i\u003e 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e12.3 What Do the American Women Think about Birth Control? 1938\u003c\/i\u003e 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e12.4 The Dilex Speech, 1938\u003c\/i\u003e 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Lesbian Pulp Novels and US Lesbian Identity 270\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYvonne Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e13.1 Radclyffe Hall,\u003c\/i\u003e The Well of Loneliness\u003ci\u003e, 1928\u003c\/i\u003e 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e13.2 Tereska Torres,\u003c\/i\u003e Women's Barracks\u003ci\u003e, 1950\u003c\/i\u003e 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e13.3 Ann Bannon\u003c\/i\u003e, Beebo Brinker\u003ci\u003e, 1962\u003c\/i\u003e 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Sex Change and the Popular Press 294\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoanne Meyerowitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e14.1 Girl Changes into Man, 1936\u003c\/i\u003e 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e14.2 Psychopathia Transexualis, 1949\u003c\/i\u003e 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e14.3 New Sex Switches: Behind the Sensational Headlines Loom Unpleasant Medical Facts, 1954\u003c\/i\u003e 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e14.4 I Want to Become a Woman, 1956\u003c\/i\u003e 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 The Population Bomb and the Sexual Revolution 320\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRickie Solinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e15.1 The Slavery of Sex Freedom: America’s Moral Crisis, 1957\u003c\/i\u003e 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e15.2 Are We Still Stereotyping the Unmarried Mother? 1960\u003c\/i\u003e 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e15.3 Population Crisis: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Foreign\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAid Expenditures of the Committee on Government Operations, 1965\u003c\/i\u003e 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Marketing Safe Sex 345\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Brier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e16.1 \"Can We Talk?\" 1983\u003c\/i\u003e 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e16.2 \"Information for People of Color, 1987\"\u003c\/i\u003e 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e16.3 Promoting Condoms for Gay Men, 1987\u003c\/i\u003e 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 372\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441778553112,"sku":"9781444339291","price":51.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781444339291.jpg?v=1785024569","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-sexual-histories-paperback-softback-9781444339291","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}