Same sex relations in history and culture: an up-to-date synthesis.(Homosexuality, and Civilization)(Book Review)

From: The Journal of Sex Research | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Homosexuality, and Civilization. By Louis Crompton. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003, 623 pages. Cloth, $35.00.

Reviewed by Vern L. Bullough, Ph.D., R.N., SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 3305 West Sierra Dr., Westlake Village, CA 91362-3542; e-mail: vbullough@adelphia.net.

The publishing of historical studies of homosexuality, particularly in English, has exploded during the past 40 years. When I began writing on homosexuality in the 1960s and early 1970s, there were almost no serious historical studies in English. The best studies, written mostly in ...

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