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The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present
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The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Allen, Peter Lewis

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A remarkable history of diseases tied to sex (including love sickness, leprosy, syphilis, bubonic plague, and AIDS), "The Wages of Sin" shows how society's views of particular afflictions often heightened the suffering of the sick and substituted condemnation for care. 13 halftones.

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  • Title The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present
  • Author Allen, Peter Lewis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 226
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date June 1, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5D40000094JU_ns
  • ISBN 9780226014616 / 0226014614
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 5.96 x 0.72 in (22.81 x 15.14 x 1.83 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sexually transmitted diseases - Social, Sexually transmitted diseases - Moral and
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.461

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From the rear cover

Throughout history, Western culture has often viewed disease-especially those diseases associated with sex-as punishment for sin. From leprosy to AIDS, The Wages of Sin offers a remarkable history of this perception, and explains how these ancient views continue to shape contemporary life and public policy.

About the author

Peter Lewis Allen, a writer living in New York, has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School or the University of Pennsylvania.