Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research

by Vern L. Bullough

Book Overview

From the first serious sex study ever undertaken (in France in 1830 with a group of prostitutes) to the latterday work of Masters and Johnson, this book traces the history of more than a century of sex research. Bullough addresses the difficulties and controversies in an area of research that has never been allowed to fully control its own agenda. Using examples, he describes the forces that have impinged serious research, from free love hippies and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465030203
• ISBN13: 9780465030200
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.