Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Reconceiving sexuality, 1900–14; 2. State interventions, 1914–45; 3. Cold War cultures, 1945–65; 4. Pleasure and rebellion, 1965–80; 5. Partnerships and practices, 1980–2010; Epilogue.

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A compelling account of the tumultuous history of Europe's 'century of sex'.

About the Author

Dagmar Herzog is Professor of History and Daniel Rose Faculty Scholar at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her previous publications include Sex after Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (2005), Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century (as editor, 2009) and Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics (2008).

Reviews

'Everything you always wanted to know about the 'century of sex' - here it is, beautifully written, admirably strong in its analysis, compelling in its plea for different narratives that add ambivalences, conflicts and shadow lines to what at first sight appears as a clear-cut story of liberalisation.' Ute Fervet, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

'A masterly synthesis of sexuality's most extreme century. This virtuoso account always links sex to politics, but its real merit is to give emotions, bodies, and pleasures a history.' Philipp Sarasin, Professor of Modern History, University of Zurich

'There is not [a] better comparativist than Herzog to illuminate the unexpected twists and turns of this composite history - a landmark in European synthesis and a must-read for all historians of sexuality.' Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University

'Herzog develops a sweeping analysis of the central role of sexual practices, cultures, politics, and violence in a century of war, mass mobilization, and wrenching social conflict and change.' George Chauncey, Professor of History, Yale University