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Review by: Mona Eliasson
Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jul., 1990), pp. 175-177
Published by: University of Texas Press
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sexualdescriptionsin existencebeforeDarwinwrote.4Birkenalsoignores
mostofthe sexologists ofthelastpartofthenineteenth andfirstpartofthe
twentiethcenturies,suchasMagnusHirschield anclIwanBloch,bothsem-
inalfiguresin the development of sexology,simplybecausehe saysthey
were not known in English versions as were Freud,Krafft-Ebing, or
HavelockEllis.He rescuessome minor economic but
theorists ignores
othertheoristswhowouldcontradict them.Thelistcouldgo on.
In short,Birkenis thought-provoking, a neededcorrective to someof
but as a historicalworkthe bookis highlyselectiveof
his predecessors,
whatideologyBirkenchoosesto discuss.StillI wouldgive him strong
marksforforcingmeto rethinksomeof myownviewsandwouldrecom-
mendhimto allinterested in thehistoryof sex.
VERN L. BULLOUGH
DepartmentofHistory
svNr ColteyeatBuffalo