Major Problems in the History of American Sexuality: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)

The book--which is suitable for courses on the history of American sexuality, gender studies, or gay and lesbian studies, presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.

• Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
• Desiring Revolution: Second-wave Feminism and the Rewriting of American Sexual Thought, 1920 to 1982
• When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973
• Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
• Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, Third Edition
• Sex in the Heartland
• Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century
• The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
• Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924
• Giovanni's Room