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Book SynopsisExamines changing perceptions of sex between men in early Victorian Britain. Looking at the transformations of the era - changes in the family and in the law, the emergence of the world's first police force, and the growth of a national media - this book asks how perceptions of same-sex desire changed between men, in families, and in the society.
Trade Review"This is a very important book. It may even be a historic book... One reads this book with grateful amazement... Breathtaking." Huffington Post "Fascinating and informative... Upchurch has set a standard for depth and originality of research and creative social analysis." Gay City News "A meticulous study... Illuminating." Victorian Studies "A powerful and persuasive account of male-male sexual relations in the age of reform." -- Denis O'Donovan Men & Masculinities "A very fine book. Upchurch's sophisticated work instructively points scholars in new chronological and methodological directions." -- pAuL r. desLAndes University of Vermont Journal Of The History Of Sexuality
Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE. UNDERSTANDINGS 1. Families and Sex between Men 2. Class, Masculinity, and Spaces PART TWO. EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHANGES 3. Law and Reform in the 1820s 4. Public Men: The Metropolitan Police 5. Unnatural-Assault Reporting in the London Press PART THREE. IMPLICATIONS 6. Patterns within the Changes 7. Conclusion: Character and Medicine Notes Select Bibliography Index
