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1 online resource (308 pages) |
Summary |
When Alfred Kinsey's massive studies Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female appeared in 1948 and 1953, their detailed data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. As they debated what behaviors were normal or average, abnormal or deviant, Cold War Americans also celebrated and scrutinized the state of their nation, relating apparent changes in sexuality to shifts in its political structure, economy, and people |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Kinsey, Alfred C
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Sex -- United States.
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Social sciences.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0520930045 (electronic bk.) |
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9780520930049 (electronic bk.) |
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