The sex offender in Minnesota

J. Dudley Chapman, D.O.: The Feminine Mind and Body. Philosophical Library, New York, 1967. 325 pages. Price $6.95.

Eric W. Johnson: Love if Sex In Plain Language. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, 1965. 68 pages. Price $2.95.

Sophia J. Kleegman and Sherwin A. Kaufman: Infertility in Women. F. A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, 1966.

Richard H. Klemer, Ph.D. (ed.): Counseling in Marital and Sexual Problems. A Physician's Handbook. Williams &; Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1965. 309 pages. Price $9.75.

Hans Lehfeldt, M.D. and Henry Guze, Ph.D.: Psychologic Factors in Contraceptive Failure. Fertility and Sterility, 17: 1, January 1966, 110–115.

Alexander Lowen: The Betrayal of the Body. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1967, 307 pages. Price $6.95.

Douglas Murphy, M.D., and Editha F. Torrano, M.D.: Donor Insemination. Fertility and Sterility, 17: 2, March‐April 1966, pp. 273–277.

Sam Blum. What Every Nice Boy Knew About Sex. B. Geis Associates‐Random House, New York, 1967.

Frank H. Netter, M.D.: Endocrine System and Selected Metabolical Diseases. Vol. IV, The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations. Guest Editor: Peter H. Forsham, M.D. Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, Summit, N.J., 1965. 287 pages. Price $ 22.00

Hyman Spotnitz and Lucy Freeman: The Wandering Husband. Prentice‐Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1964. 224 pages. Price $4.95.

Russel Trainer: The Lolita Complex. Citadel Press, New York, 1966. 315 pages. Price $6.95.     

Reviews and abstracts

Felstein, Ivor. Sex and the longer life. London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press. 1970. pp. 143, $4.95.

Gallino, Tilde Giani. Il sesso e l'adolescente (Sex and the adolescent). Torino, Italy: Ediscientifica S.F.A. Settore Editoriale, 1971. Student text 103 pp. 2500 lire. Instructor's manual 60 pp. 2000 lire.

Greenwald, Harold and Ruth Greenwald (Eds.). The Sex‐Life Letters, Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher, Inc. 1972, Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y. XXV & 436 pp.

Kuiper, P. C., M.D. The Neuroses. A Psychoanalytic Survey. New York: International Universities Press, 1972. 261 pages. $9.00.

Lieberman, Bernhardt (Ed.). Human Sexual Behavior—A Book of Readings. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. 444 pages.

Martin, Del and Phyllis Lyon. San Francisco, California: Glide Publications, 1972. 283 pp; hardcover $7.95.

Neubardt, Selig, M.D. and Harold Schulman, M.D. Techniques of Abortion. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Co. 172 pages. $11.50.

Orth, Penelope. An Enviable Position. New York: David McKay Co., 1972. 303 pages. $7.95.

Zatuchini, Gerald I. (Ed). Post‐partum Planning: A Report on the International Program. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Co., 1970. XXX and 477 pp.     

The fate of Belarusian and Yiddish in the Soviet and Post‐Soviet periods

A New ‘Tsar Liberator'?. Seweryn Bialer, Politics, Society, and Nationality Inside Gorbachev's Russia. Boulder and London: Westview Press, 1989. xv +241pp. Bibl. Index.

Michael Rywkin, Soviet Society Today. New York and London: M. E. Sharpe, 1989. xii +234pp. Bibl. Index.

Glasnost on Latvian Jewry. Literatūra un Māksla (Literature and Art), no. 48 (2294), Riga, November 1988.

Openness or Concealment?. Raymond Hutchings. Soviet Secrecy and Non‐Secrecy. London: Mac‐millan Press, 1987. 292pp. Bibl. Index. £29.50.

The Making of Czech Jewry. Hillel J. Kieval. The Making of Czech Jewry: National Conflict and Jewish Society in Bohemia 1870–1918. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. x + 279pp. Notes. Bibl. Index. $25.00.     

Book Reviews and Book Notes

Abstract

The American City. By Stuart Alfred Queen and David Bailey Carpenter. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1953. Pp. viii, 383. $5.00. Reviewed by Wayne C. Neely.

Out of Step. By Joseph Trenaman. New York: The Philosophical Library, Inc., 1952. Pp. xx, 223. $4.75. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.

Readings in Sociology. College Outline Series, Alfred M. Lee, Editor. New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc. 1951. Pp. 1, 439. $1.75. Reviewed by Wilfred T. Grenfell.

The War of the Revolution, Christopher Ward, edited by John Richard Alden, New York: Macmillan, two volumes. $15.00. Reviewed by Ralph Adams Brown.

The Rise of Modern America, 1865–1951. By Arthur Meier Schlesinger, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. Pp. xvii, 607. $5.25. Reviewed by Mahlon H. Helleruh.

Some Modern Historians of Britain. Edited by Herman Ausbel, J. Bartlet Brebner, and E. M. Hunt. New York: The Dryden Press, 1951. Pp. xxii, 384. $5.00. Reviewed by Raymond G. Cowherd.

Display for Learning. By Marporie East. Edited by Edgar Dale, Dryden Press, 3 W. 54th St., New York 19, N. Y. Pp. 306. $3.00.

Interstate Cooperation. A Study of the Interstate Compact. By Vincent V. Thursby. Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press, 1953. Pp. vii, 152. $3.25.

Exploring Pennsylvania: Its Geography, History and Government. By Sylvester K. Stevens; Ralph W. Cordier; Florence O. Benjamin. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Pp. xi, 624. $3.84. Reviewed by Mahlon H. Hellerich.     

In memoriam

Carter, Carol Sue (Ed.) Hormones and Sexual Behavior. Stroudsburg, Pa: Dowden, Hutchingson &; Ross, Inc. 1974. 362 pp. $20.00

Colton, Helen. “Sex After the Sexual Revolution,” New York: Association Press, 1972, pp. 256.

Felstein, Ivor. Sex in Later Life. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1973. 144 pp. $1.45.

Lesse, Stanley, M.D. To Be or Not to Be an Illness? That is the Question—Or—The Status of Homosexuality. American Journal of Psychotherapy, XXVIII, Nr 1, Jan. 1974.

Libby, R. W. and Robert N. Whitehurst (Eds.) Renovating Marriage. Danville, Cal.: Consensus Publishers, 1973. pp 366 (paper bound)

Martinson, Floyd M. Infant and Child Sexuality: A Sociological Perspective. St. Peter, Minn 56082: The Book Mark, GAC, 1973. 146 pages, $3.60.

Person, Ethel, M.D. and Lionel Ovesey, M.D. The Transsexual Syndrome in Males. I. Primary Transsexualism. Am. J. Psychotherapy, XXVIII # 1, 1974.

Ribal, Joseph E. Learning Sex Roles, American and Scandinavian Contrasts. San Francisco, Calif.: Canfield Press (a Division of Harper and Row, New York). 1973 pp. 270 (paper bound)

Vanggaard, Thorkil. Phallós. A Symboland its History in the Male World. New York: International Universities Press, 1973. 208 pages, 28 illustrations. $9.00.

Wolfers, David and Wolfers, Helen. Vasectomy and Vasectomania, Mayflower Books, Ltd., Frogmore, St. Albans, Hertshire AL2 2NF, 1974, 266 pages, $1.95, (soft cover).

Zubin, Joseph &; John Money (Ed.) Contemporary Sexual Behavior‐Critical issues in 1970s. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1973, 468 pages, $15.00.     

Contextualising Fred Wander’s The Seventh Well

Between East and West: The Jews of Moscow, Kiev and Minsk. Robert J. Brym with the assistance of Rozalina Ryvkina, The Jews of Moscow, Kiev and Minsk: Identity, Antisemitism, Emigration, edited and with an introduction by Howard Spier. London: Macmillan and New York: New York University Press, both in association with the Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1994. 142 pp. Tables. Appendices. Illus. Name Index. Subject Index. £35.00 hardcover; $30.00 hardcover; $18.50 paperback.

A Jewish Ambassador at the Kremlin Court. Mordechai Altshuler, Yitshak Arad, Shmuel Krakowski (eds.), Sovetskiye evrei pishut llye Erenburgu 1943–1966 (Soviet Jews Write to llya Ehrenburg 1943–1966). Jerusalem: The Centre for Research and Documentation of East‐European Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, 1993. 539 pp. Bibl. Name and Subject Index. Paperback.

An Encouraging Start. Yakiv Suslensky, Spravzhni heroi: pro uchast hromadian Ukrainy u riatuvaniiyevreiv vid fashystskoho henotsydu (True Heroes: The Part Played by Ukrainian Citizens in Rescuing Jews from the Fascist Genocide). Ed. I. F. Kuras et al. Foreword by Leonid Kravchuk. Kiev: Tovarystvo ‘Ukraina’, 1993. 152 pp. Photographs. (Hromadiany Ukrainy—pravednyky svitu 1 (Ukrainian Citizens—Righteous of the World, Series, no. 1)). Paperback. Printrun 25,000. ISBN 5–87168–026–7.

The ‘Rational Core’ of Nazism. Ernst Nolte, Streitpunkte. Heutige und künftige Kontroversen um den Nafionalsozialismus. Berlin/Frankfurt (Main): Propyläen, 1993. 493 pp.

Volume on Hungarian Holocaust Updated. Randolph L. Braham, The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary, revised and enlarged ed., 2 vols. New York: The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Boulder, Co: Social Science Monographs, 1994. 1,486 pp. Illus. Chronology. Index. $310.50; £155.00 hardcover. (Distributed by Columbia University Press.)

Gray Dawn or Swan Song?. Charles Hoffman, Gray Dawn: The Jews of Eastern Europe in the Post‐Communist Era. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. 349pp. Index. Selected bibliography. $25.00 hardcover.     

Book reviews

Nurturing nature and the nature of science: Toward transcendence

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who was Raised as a Girl. By John Colapinto. New York: HarperCollins, 2000, 288 pages. Cloth, $26.00.

The pedagogical value of as nature made him: The boy who was raised as a girl

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who was Raised as a Girl. By John Colapinto. New York: HarperCollins, 2000, 288 pages. Cloth, $26.00.

What Americans Learned About Sex

Teaching America About Sex: Marriage Guides and Sex Manuals from the Late Victorians to Dr. Ruth. By M. E. Melody and Linda M. Peterson. New York: New York University Press, 1999, 304 pages. Cloth, $28.95.

Teen romance under the microscope

The Development of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence. Edited by Wyndol Furman, B. Bradford Brown, and Candice Feiring. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 443 pages. Cloth, $49.95.

All hail the penis

Phallacies [Video]. Directed and produced by Vishnu Mathur. 2000. Available from Bullfrog Films, P. O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547, www.bullfrogfilms.com. VHS, $250.     

Sex in a mental institution

Broderick, Carlfred B. and Jessie Bernard. The Individual, Sex, and Society. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1969. 406 pages, $4.50 (paperback).

Fink, Paul J., M.D. and Van Buren O. Hammet, M.D. (Ed.) Sexual Function and Dysfunction. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co., 1969. 216 pages. $9.00.

Mazur, Ronald M.: Commonsense Sex: A Basis for Discussion and Reappraisal. Beacon Press, Boston, 1968. 109 pages. Price: $3.95.

Mehlan, K.‐H. (Edit.) Arzt und Familienplanung. Berlin, VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, 1968. 214 pages, no price indicated.

Sherwin, Robert Veit. Compatible Divorce. New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. Pages: X + 298 + Index. $5.95.

Sigusch, V. Das Antipathiegefälle gegenüber sexuell devianten Gruppen. Der Nervenarzt, 1968 39: 3, 114–123     

Book reviews

Krafft‐ebing: a reconsideration

Step Children of Nature: Krafft‐Ebing, Psychiatry, and the Making of Sexual Identity. By Harry Oosterhuis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000, 321 pages. Cloth, $30.00.

Love american style

Love and Eroticism. Edited by Mike Featherstone. London: 1999, 425 pages. Paper, $24.95.

Doing the right thing: Three new books on the importance of sex

Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences. By David C. Geary. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1998, 410 pages. Cloth, $49.95. Why Sex Matters. By Bobbi Low. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, 328 pages. Cloth, $29.95. Sex Differences: Developmental and Evolutionary Strategies. By Linda Mealey. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000, 492 pages. Cloth, $79.95.

Courageous, compassionate, and scholarly: An evolutionary analysis of rape and male sexual coercion

A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion. By Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2000, 251 pages. Cloth, $28.95.

Deconstructing the discourse of sexual dimorphism: rethinking, bending, and crossing sexual boundaries

Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. By Anne Fausto‐Sterling. New York: Basic Books, 2000, 473 pages. Cloth, $35.00.     

Book reviews

A classic republished

Sex and Sex Worship. By O.A. Wall. London: Kegan Paul, 2006, 607 pages. Cloth, $255.

Senior sex: Exploring the sex lives of older adults

Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Ageing. By Merryn Gott. New York, NY: Open University Press, 2005,149 pages. Paper, $36.95.

The social construction of erotophobia

The Politics of Lust. By John Ince. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2005, 335 pages. Paper, $16.00.     

MEDIA REVIEWS

EMPOWERING WOMEN OF COLOR. Lorraine M. Gutierrez and Edith A. Lewis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999, 272 pages. Reviewed by Marcia B. Cohen.

SOCIAL WELFARE: A WORLD VIEW Kathenne van Wormer. Wadsworth: Belmont, CA, 1997, 678pages. Reviewed by Marilynn Moch.

TALES OF WAYWARD GIRLS AND IMMORAL WOMEN: CASE RECORDS AND THE PROFESSIONALS ATION OF SOCIAL WORK. Karen W Tice. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. Reviewed by Robert Fisher.

POVERTY, WELFARE AND THE DISCIPLINARY STATE. Chris Jones and Tony Novak. Routledge: London and New York, 1999, paperback, 216 pp. Reviewed by Betty Reid Mandell.     

Peep show establishments,police activity,public place,and time: A study of secondary effects in San Diego,California

DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DESIRE AND OTHER NEW CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES IN SEX THERAPY . (The New Sex Therapy, Volume II.). Helen S. Kaplan. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1979; 257 pages; $17.50.

CHRISTIANITY, SOCIAL TOLERANCE, AND HOMOSEXUALITY: GAY PEOPLE IN WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY . John Boswell. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1980; 424 pages; $27.50.

THE UNMENTIONABLE VICE: HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE LATER MEDIEVAL PERIOD . Michael Goodich. Santa Barbara, CA: Ross‐Erikson, 1979; 164 pages; $6.95.

TABU HOMOSEXUALITÄT: DIE GESCHICHTE EINES VORURTEILS . Gisela Bleibtreu‐Ehrenberg. Frankfurt a. M.: S. Fischer, 1978; 443 pages; DM 29.80.

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HOMOSEXUALITY (in two volumes). Vern L. Bullough, W. Dorr Legg, Barrett W. Elcano, and James Kepner. New York &; London: Garland Publishing, 1976; 405 and 468 pages; $88.

PORNOGRAPHY: THE CONFLICT OVER SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS IN THE UNITED STATES . Greg Byerly and Rick Rubin. New York: Garland Publishing, 1980; 188 pages; $20.

SEXUALMEDIZIN IN DER PRAXIS . Wolf Eicher. Stuttgart &; New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1980; 590 pages; DM 178.00.     

The Beginnings of Japanese-American Relations

Abstract

Selected Readings in Modern Economics. By A. Isaacs, C. W. McKee, and R. E. Slesinger. The Dryden Press, 1952. New York: Pp. xviii, 700. $4.00. Reviewed by Allan G. Gruchy.

Extracurricular Activities. (Third Edition). By Harry C. McKown. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Pp. xvi, 666. $5.00. Reviewed by Kenneth V. Lottick.

The Pageant of Netherlands History. By Adriaan J. Barnouw. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1952. Pp. xi, 370. $4.50. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.

America, Land of Freedom. By Hartman, Ball, Nevins. New York: D. C. Heath &; Co., 1952. Pp. xxxiv, 720. $3.60 Reviewed by Garton S. Greene.

Lincoln Finds A General: Grant's First Year in the West. By Kenneth P. Williams. New York: Macmillan. Pp. 585. $7.50. Reviewed by Ralph Adams Brown.

Pattern For Freedom. A History of the United States. By Myrtle Roberts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The John C. Winston Company, 1953. Pp. xxxii, 680. $3.00. Reviewed by David W. Harr.

Intergroup Relations in Teacher Education. By Lloyd Allen Cook. Washington, D. C.: The American Council on Education, 1951. Pp xvi, 272. $3.75. Reviewed by Kenneth V. Lottick.

China, Japan and the Powers. By Meribeth E. Cameron, Thomas H. D. Mahoney, George E. McReynolds, Ronald Press, New York, 1952. Pp. 682. $4.50. Reviewed by J. Wade Caruthers.     

United States Paper Money as an Aid in Teaching American History

Abstract

Large Views of American History. The United States. By William H. Hudson and Irwin S. Guernsey. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, 1923. 632 pp. $4.00.

Large Views of American History. Our Republic. By S. E. Forman. The Century Co., New York, 1923. xvi, 852 pp. $3.50.

Large Views of American History. The Story of American Democracy. By Willis Mason West. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1923. xiii, 791 pp. $3.20.

Large Views of American History. History of the United States of America. By Henry W. Elson. The Macmillan Co., 1923. $2.50.

Large Views of American History. Three Centuries of American Democracy. By William MacDonald. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1923. 346 pp. $2.25.

Large Views of American History. America: the Great Adventure. By George Philip Krapp. Alfred A. Knopf Co., New York, 1924. x, 406 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by Harry Elmer Barnes.

The united States Since the Civil War. The United States of America, II. From the Civil War. By David Saville Muzzey. Ginn and Company, Boston, 1924. vi, 847 pages. $3.GO.

The united States Since the Civil War. Recant American History. By Lester Burrill Shippee. Macmillan Company, New York, 1924. 554 pages. Reviewed by N. W. Stephenson.

Britain and the Empire. History of England and the British Commonwealth. By Laurence M . Larson. Henry Holt &; Company, New York, 1924. 911 . pp. (American Historical Series-Charles H. Haskins, General Editor.)

Britain and the Empire. A History of the British People. By Edward Maslin Hulme. The Century Company, New York, 1924. 717 pp. $4.00.

Britain and the Empire. An Introductory History of England. Vol. V . From Waterloo to 1880. By C. R. L. Fletcher. E. P. Dutton &; Co., New York, 1923. 496 pp. $4.25 Reviewed by Conyers Read.

Western Australia: a History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth. By J. S. Battye. Oxford University Press, American Branch, New York, 1924. 480 pp. $8.35. Reviewed by Howard Robinson.

Tudor Economic Documents. Vol. I. Agriculture and Industry, edited by R. H. Tawney and Eileen Power. Longmans, Green &; Co., London and New York, 1994. 383 pp. $5.00.

English Industries of tha Middle Ages. By L. F. Salzman. Oxford University Press, New York, 1993. 360 pp. $3.50.

Egypt and the Army. By Lieut.-Col. P. G. Elgood. Oxford University Press, American Branch, New York, 1924. 369 pp., with two maps. $5.35. Reviewed by CAPTAIN ELBRIDGE COLBY

Books for the Traveller. The Complete Pocket Guide to Europa. Edited by Thomas L. and Nathan Stedman. Robert McBride and Company, New York, 1924. 592 pp. $4.00.

Books for the Traveller. A Satchel Guide to Europe. By W. J. Rolfe and W. D. Crockett. Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, 1994. 484 pp. $4.00.

A Loiterer in London. By Helen W. Henderson. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1994. 433 pp. $5.00.

A Wanderer Among Pictures. By E. V. Lucas. Doran, New York, 1924. 889 pp. $5.00.

New Guides to Old Masters. By John C. Van Dyke. Vol. IX, Venice and Milan (166 pp.); Vol. XI, Rome (144 pp.). Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1984. $1.25 each.

Trail Life in the Canadian Rockies. By B. W. Mitchell. The Macinillan Company, New York, 1924. 269 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Grace Crosby.

Sesing Canada. By John T. Faris. J. B. Lippincott &; Company, Philadelphia, 1924. 264 pp. $6.50.

Elements of Rural Economics. By Thomas Nixon Carver. Ginn and Co., Boston, 1924. 266 pp. $1.48.

Introduction to Agricultural Economics. By Lewis Cecil Gray. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1924. Xii, 556 PP. Reviewed by Alvin S. Tostlebe.

Life and Public Services of Justin S. Morrill. By William Belmont Parker. I Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1924. 378 pp. Reviewed by Roy F. Nichols.     

Unravelling of the conspiracy theory: A new look at the pogroms

Michael I. Aronson, Troubled Waters: The Origins of the 1881 Anti‐Jewish Pogroms in Russia. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. 286 pp. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index.

Michael F. Hamm, Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. 304 pp. Map. Tables. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

Edward H. Judge, Easter in Kishinev: Anatomy of a Pogrom. New York and London: New York University Press, 1992. 186 pp. Bibliography. Index.

Robert Weinberg, The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993. 302 pp. Tables. Bibliography. Index.

Charters Wynn, Workers, Strikes, and Pogroms: The Donbass‐Dnepr Bend in Late Imperial Russia, 1870–1905. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. 289 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index.     

Frederick Douglass and Black Abolitionism

Frederick Douglass. WILLIAM S. McFEELY. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. 1991. xiii, 465 pp.

Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays. ERIC J. SUNDQUIST (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1990. vi, 295 pp.

The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series One: Speeches, Debates and Interviews, Volume 4: 1864–80. JOHN W. BLASSINGAME and JOHN R. McKIVIGAN (eds.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1991. xxxvii, 663 pp.

The Black Abolitionist Papers. Volume 4: The United States, 1847–1858. C. PETER RIPLEY (ed.). Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press. 1991. xxvi, 443 pp.

The Black Abolitionist Papers. Volume 5: The United States, 1859–1865. C. PETER RIPLEY (ed.). Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press. 1992. xiii, 435 pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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INDEPENDENT LIVES: SPINSTERS AND LESBIANS. Franzen, Trisha. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Monisha Pashupati and Progga Choudhury.

RUSSIA'S SAPPHO: SOPHIA PARNOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUSSIA'S SAPPHO. Burgin, Diana Lewis. New York: New York University Press, New York, 1994. Reviewed by Rochelle G. Ruthchild.

RULES, RESPECT, TELLING THE TRUTH: SKIN: TALKING ABOUT SEX, CLASS & LITERATURE. Allison, Dorothy. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lynda J. Ames.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Bruyer, Kris. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: HOODED MURDER. Van Dyke, Annette. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

A PRECIOUS COMMODITY FOR LESBIAN SCHOLARSHIP: THE FAMILY SILVER: ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WOMEN. Krieger, Susan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Reviewed by Mickey Eliason.

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: AN UNLOVELY VIEW: LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. Brooten, Bernadette J. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by Anne L. Clark.

BABE, WE HARDLY KNEW YA: BABE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS. Cayleff, Susan. Urbana, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Reviewed by Pat Griffin.

MORE GENDERED THAN THOU: THE FEMME MYSTIQUE. Newman, Lesléa (Ed.). Boston: Alyson Press, 1995. Reviewed by Beverly Burch.

“AN ISLE OF DYS-TOP-IA”: SEP-A-RA-TISM AND WOMEN'S COMMUNITY. Shugar, Dana R. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reviewed by R. Amy Elman.

MURDER AND MONOGAMY: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE. Scoppettone, Sandra. NY: Little, Brown. Reviewed by Jane Futcher.

SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND LESBIAN AUTONOMY: AND THEN I MET THIS WOMAN: PREVIOUSLY MARRIED WOMEN'S JOURNEYS INTO LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Cassingham, Barbee J. MA, and Sally M. O'Neil, PhD. Mother Courage Press, 1993. Reviewed by Caitlin Morris.

LESBIAN OR QUEER?: THE ANGEL AND THE PERVERTS. Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie. New York: New York University Press, 1930, 1995 (reprint). Reviewed by Gabriele Griffin.

THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH BOWEN: SEXUAL/TEXTUAL POLITICS: ELIZABETH BOWEN: A REPUTATION IN WRITING. hoogland, renée c. New York and London: New York University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Paulina Palmer.

CELEBRATING TOMBOYS: TOMBOYS! TALES OF DYKE DERRING-DO. Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber (Eds.). Los Angeles: Alyson, 1995. Reviewed by Karen M. Jordan.

PASSIONATE FRIENDSHIPS AND “DOLL RACKETS”: MATERNAL JUSTICE: MIRIAM VAN WATERS AND THE FEMALE REFORM TRADITION. Freedman, Estelle B. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reviewed by Hilary Lapsley.

“WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS”: GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENTS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS. Besner, Hilda F., and Charlotte J. Spungin. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis Publishers, 1995. Reviewed by Jan Donley.

GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES-MOVING BEYOND THE PATRIARCHY: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES: A HANDBOOK FOR THERAPISTS. Laird, Joan and Robert-Jay Green (Eds.). Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Amy Banks.

RADICAL REDUX: TOO QUEER: ESSAYS FROM A RADICAL LIFE. Brownworth, Victoria A. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Lynda Goldstein.

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: AND SAY HI TO JOYCE: THE LIFE AND CHRONICLES OF A LESBIAN COUPLE. Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ellen Cole.

LOOKING FOR THE LESBIAN SUBJECT: HETEROSEXUAL PLOTS AND LESBIAN NARRATIVES. Farwell, Marilyn R. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Rosemary Hennessy.

THE MATERNAL MYSTERY :BABY, IT'S COLD. Maiman, Jaye. FL: Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by J.A. Myers.

SEEKING SAFETY BEYOND THE WALLS: AMNESTY. Blum, Louise A. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1995. Reviewed by Amy J. Ojerholm.

JENIFER LEVIN'S “LESBIAN EROS”: LOVE AND DEATH & OTHER DISASTERS, STORIES 1977-1995. Levin, Jenifer. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Annette Van Dyke.

REDEFINING LESBIAN FICTION: TASTING LIFE TWICE: LITERARY LESBIAN FICTION BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS. Levy, E.J. (Ed.). Avon Books, 1995. Reviewed by Margaret Kissam Morris.

A RODEO ROMANCE: NOW & THEN. Hayes, Penny. Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by Nicki Thorogood and Jane Franklin.     

Muscular performance following coitus∗

Amir, Menachem. Patterns in Forcible Rape. Forword by Marvin E. Wolfgang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. 394 pages. Price $15.00.

Christenson, Cornelia V. Kinsey, a Biograghy. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Univ. Press, 1971. xii + 241 pp. $6.95.

Gordon, David Cole. Self‐Love. Baltimore, Md: Penguin Books, 1972. 96 pages. $1.00 (paperback).

Harper, Robert A. and Walter Stokes. 45 Levels to Sexual Understanding and Enjoyment. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1972. 231 pages. $6.95.

O'Neill, George, Ph.D. and O'Neill, Nena, Open Marriage, A New Life Style for Couples. New York, N. Y.: M. Evans and Co. (distributed by Lippincott) 1972. 287 pages. $6.95

Parker, William. Homosexuality. A Selective Bibliography of Over 3,000 Items. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1971.

Weinberg, Martin S. and Alan P. Bell. Homosexuality. An Annotated Bibliography. New York, N. Y.: Harper and Row, 1972. 550 pages. $15.00.     

Book reviews

New scholarship on rape in American history

Sex Without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America. Edited by Merril D. Smith. New York: New York University Press, 2001, 308 pages. Cloth, $60.00; paper, $19.50.

The enigma of sexual desire

Sexual Appetite, Desire and Motivation: Energetics of the Sexual System. Edited by Walter Everaerd, Ellen Laan, and Stephanie Both. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Knaw Edita, 2001, 156 pages. Paper, NLG 80.00, Euro 36.30.

American sex in the private and public sectors

Sex, Love, and Health in America: Private Choices and Public Policies. Edited by Edward O. Laumann and Robert T. Michael. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2000, 535 pages. Hardcover, $48.

Enlarging the landscape of sexual pleasure

Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions. Edited by Patricia Beattie Jung, Mary E. Hunt, and Radhika Balakrishnan. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001, 220 pages. Cloth, $50.00; paper, $20.00.

Another stab at sexual theory

The Role of Theory in Sex Research. Edited by John Bancroft. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000, 366 pages. Cloth, $49.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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HANDBOOK OF DEMENTIA: PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Peter A. Lichtenberg, Daniel L. Murman, & Alan M. Mellow. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003, 440 pp., ISBN 0-471-41982-6. Reviewed by Doug Messinero.

ESSENTIALS OF CRISIS COUNSELING AND INTERVENTION. Donald E. Wiger and Kathy J. Harowski. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, 221 pages, $34.95 paperback. ISBN 0-471-41755-6. Reviewed by Geraldine R. Brinkley.

HANDBOOK OF DEPRESSION. Edited by Ian H. Gotlib and Constance L. Hammen. New York/London: The Guildford Press, 2002. Reviewed by Karen Judd.