American Sexual Histories

American Sexual Histories is a first-rate collection of fourteen articles investigating human sexuality in America from the colonial period to the modern day. Arranged chronologically, each chapter contains an introduction and one major article; plus supporting documents that illustrate the time, place, and issues covered by the main article. Editor Elizabeth Reis provides a general introduction, questions for study and discussion, and further reading lists that make this an ideal collection for students studying the history of sexuality in America.

Elizabeth Reis teaches history and women's studies at the University of Oregon. She is the author of Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England (1997) and the editor of Spellbound: Women and Witchcraft in America (1998).