An insider's view of sexual science since Kinsey /

An insider's view of sexual science since Kinsey /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Reiss, Ira L.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield, [2006]
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Sexology -- Research. Sexology. Sexology -- history. History, 20th Century. Sexology. Sexology -- Research. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11202971

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ISBN:	9781461636496 1461636493 9780742546523 0742546527 9780742546530 0742546535
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	Ira Reiss presents to those interested in the work of sexual science a view of this field. The text provides a personal account of the author's experiences in sexual science that helps the reader understand many of the major issues that confront those insexual science.
Other form:	Print version: An insider's view of sexual science since Kinsey Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006] 9780742546523 (cloth : alk. paper)

Table of Contents:

Know your author
The antisex bias of the 1950s
What is this thing called science?
The sexual revolution and sexual organizations
New approaches to sexuality
Building explanations of sexuality
Some clashes of science, politics, and values
An insider's view of a major crisis in SSSS
Exploring therapy and HIV/AIDS
Building a cross-cultural explanation of sexuality
Can sexual science really help with societal problems?
New projects and a new life agenda
Problem areas in sexual science today
Building a PhD in sexual science
To the next generation of sexual scientists.