Dishonorable Passions

Dishonorable Passions
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 536
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ISBN-10 : 0670018627
ISBN-13 : 9780670018628
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Book Synopsis Dishonorable Passions by : William N. Eskridge

Download or read book Dishonorable Passions written by William N. Eskridge and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the government's regulation of sexual behavior traces the historical purposes behind the prohibition against sodomy in early America and continues with a discussion of how the law was referenced in different contexts in later years, covering such topics as the McCarthy era, the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and the 2003 Supreme Court decision to decriminalize private sex between consenting adults. 20,000 first printing.


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