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Sex in History
Tannahill, Reay
Publisher: Stein and Day, New York, USAYear Published: 1980 Pages: 480pp ISBN: 0-8128-2580-2 Library of Congress Number: HQ12.T27 Dewey: 301.41'79 Resource Type: Book Tannahill draws on the findings of anthropology, archaeology, bio-chemistry, genetics, physiology, and psychoanalysis, as well as art, architecture, literature, and theology, in order to place the human sex drive and its social and moral consequences in their widest historical perspective. Abstract: - Table of Contents Part One: The Prehistoric World 1. In the beginning 2. Man into master Part Two: The Near East, Egypt, and Europe, 3000 B.C. - A.D. 1100 3. The first civilizations 4. Greece 5. Rome 6. The Christian Church Part Three: Asia until the Middle Ages, and the Arab world 7. China 8. India 9. Islam Part Four: The Expanding World, A.D. 1100 - 1800 10. Europe, 1100 - 1550 11. Imperial enterprises 12. Europe and America, 1550 - 1800 Part Five: Shaping the Present, 1800 - 1980 13. The nineteenth century 14. The great debate Epilogue Bibliography Illustrations and sources Acknowledgements Notes on text sources Index Subject Headings |