Sexual Inversion

Ellis, Havelock; Symonds, John Addington. Ed(s): Crozier, Ivan

ISBN 10: 0230008038 / ISBN 13: 9780230008038

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

About this Item

Sexual Inversion was the first English medical textbook about homosexuality. It had a chequered publishing history, going through five editions between 1896 and 1915. This edition, with a long critical introduction, places the book in its intellectual and social contexts, and considers the historiography surrounding this important work. Editor(s): Crozier, Ivan. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMU; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2007. Critical ed. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sexual Inversion
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230008038
• ISBN 13: 9780230008038
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Sexual Inversion was the first English medical textbook about homosexuality. It had a chequered publishing history, going through five editions between 1896 and 1915. This edition, with a long critical introduction, places the book in its intellectual and social contexts, and considers the historiography surrounding this important work.

About the Author

IVAN CROZIER is a lecturer in the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely on the history of sexology in academic journals, and is currently completing a study of an important criminal responsibility trial from London in 1922.