The classification of sex : Alfred Kinsey and the organization of knowledge / Donna J. Drucker.
The classification of sex : Alfred Kinsey and the organization of knowledge / Donna J. Drucker.
The classification of sex : Alfred Kinsey and the organization of knowledge / Donna J. Drucker.
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Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2014]
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G 2014/5669
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English
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ix, 244 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Learning the trade, creating a collector -- The evolution of a taxonomist -- Teaching life and human sciences -- Ordering human sexuality -- The taxonomy and classification of human sexuality -- The boundaries of sexual categorization.
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Publisher
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[2014]
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"Drucker develops a synthetic argument about how Kinsey's scholarship and training as an entomologist and evolutionary scientist affected his teaching, research, writing, and analysis of human behavior. Places Kinsey at the center of trends in American intellectual and scientific life in the mid-twentieth century. Drucker uses the whole of Kinsey's...
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The classification of sex : Alfred Kinsey and the organization of knowledge / Donna J. Drucker.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index.
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G 2014/5669
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74VKJkmWWEyg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJkmWWEyg
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0822963035 (paperback)
9780822963035 (paperback)
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306.7
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991022264389702626
