Description: Rare hardcover, first edition of Sex and Culture by J.D. Unwin, M.C., Ph.D.. Published in 1934 by Oxford University Press, London, the author, an ethnologist and social anthropologist studied 80 primitive tribes and 6 known civilizations through 5,000 years of history and found a positive correlation between the cultural achievement of a people and the sexual restraint they observe. Fellow author Aldous Huxley noted, "Unwin's conclusions, which are based upon an enormous wealth of carefully sifted evidence, may be summed up as follows: ...the cultural condition of a society rises in exact proportion as it imposes pre-nuptial and post-nuptial restraints upon sexual opportunity." Unwin's research states that, "after a nation becomes prosperous it becomes increasingly liberal with regard to sexual morality and as a result loses it cohesion, its impetus and its purpose." The process, as he noted, "is irreversible." Loose binding; some spotting and issues reflective of age. Material: paper. Measurement: approximate 9" x 7" (INCHES). Shipping cost: $15; different rate to Alaska, California & Hawaii and all International.

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