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The essays in this volume address sexual phenomena in eighteenth-century Europe that were for one reason or another outside the legal or sanctified systems of acceptability: most notably, unwed heterosexual domesticity, masturbation, prostitution, libertinism, homosexuality, and erotic literature. The contributors' essays make an important first step toward integrating sexuality into our general understanding of eighteenth century culture. Contributors: Roy Porter; Jean-Marie Goulemot with Odile Wagner and Arthur Greenspan, translators; John R. Gillis; Theodore Tarczylo with James Coke and...

This comprehensive volume documents the rise of Williamsburg in chronological and thematic chapters enhanced by 378 maps, drawings and photographs. It covers all three centuries of Williamsburg's history and the diverse cast that has met the city's historical challenges.