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Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century

Title
Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century / Geoffrey R. Stone.
Author
Stone, Geoffrey R.
Publication
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017.

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Description
xxxii, 668 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-638) and index.
Contents
The ancient world : the triumph of Augustine -- The power of revealed truth -- England, the enlightenment, and "the age of eros" -- From puritanism to the pursuit of happiness -- The world of the framers : a Christian nation? -- "The fundamental maxims of free government" -- The second great awakening -- "Tending to corrupt the public morals": the meaning of obscenity -- Contraception and abortion : from the founding to the 1950s -- Strange freaks of nature -- Coming out -- Obscenity and the First Amendment : a corrupting and debasing influence -- The end of obscenity? -- Sex and speech in the twenty-first century -- The constitution and the contraception -- The road to Roe -- Roe and beyond -- "The gay moment" -- A right to "retain their dignity" -- Same-sex marriage and the constitution.
Call Number
JFE 17-4527
ISBN
  • 9780871404695
  • 0871404699
LCCN
2016047264
OCLC
960940558
Author
Stone, Geoffrey R., author.
Title
Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century / Geoffrey R. Stone.
Publisher
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-638) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-4527
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