The History of Sexual Customs by Lewinsohn, Richard

Hardcover 1958 1st Edition Harper & Brothers NY, Longmans, Green

A book which demonstrates the infinite, amazing variety in what is said to be man's most constant activity. Dr. Lewinsohn traces sex into all the fields which border on it: the arts, the social structure, law, medicine, superstition, custom and historical change.

"Since social attitudes and legal practice in the sexual sphere have a great deal to do with human happiness, it is hoped that many proper people will permit themselves a look at A History of Sexual Customs. It is a competent book, written by a man whois at once a physician and historian. There is no hidden bias, no gloating or drooling over sexual deviation. The writer seems a sensible person whose only concern is that human beings shall be informed about the endless effort of society to cope with the sexual urge" John Dollard The New York Times