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"Using extensive research backed by an impressive notes section, Zimmerman (Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century, 2009, etc.) untangles the complex history of how and why sex education was first introduced as a specific subject to be taught in schools and its subsequent rise and fall as a teachable course over the past 100 years."--Kirkus "A dense and detailed account of a still surprisingly contentious subject despite our increasingly liberal attitudes."--Lucy Scholes, The Independent "Zimmerman's well-documented research offers a history of brave and reasoned efforts - to inform without inciting prurience, to warn without explaining, to respect without offending - that have all failed to win consensus or even to achieve demonstrable results."--Choice "The book is an excellent source of information for the classroom in a diverse set of studies, such as history, education, human sexuality, gender studies, sociology, psychology and religious studies. Too Hot To Handle engages the reader and is a comfortable, yet interesting read."--Hennie Weiss, Metapsychology Online Reviews "Zimmerman's rich book is a history of schools and education as much as it is a history of sex. It brings a curiously fresh approach to accounts of sex education... A major new account of a topic that has received some considerable attention in past decades of historical scholarship."--Alison Bashford, Journal of American History
"Using extensive research backed by an impressive notes section, Zimmerman (Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century, 2009, etc.) untangles the complex history of how and why sex education was first introduced as a specific subject to be taught in schools and its subsequent rise and fall as a teachable course over the past 100 years."--Kirkus "A dense and detailed account of a still surprisingly contentious subject despite our increasingly liberal attitudes."--Lucy Scholes, The Independent "Zimmerman's well-documented research offers a history of brave and reasoned efforts - to inform without inciting prurience, to warn without explaining, to respect without offending - that have all failed to win consensus or even to achieve demonstrable results."--Choice "The book is an excellent source of information for the classroom in a diverse set of studies, such as history, education, human sexuality, gender studies, sociology, psychology and religious studies. Too Hot To Handle engages the reader and is a comfortable, yet interesting read."--Hennie Weiss, Metapsychology Online Reviews "Zimmerman's rich book is a history of schools and education as much as it is a history of sex. It brings a curiously fresh approach to accounts of sex education... A major new account of a topic that has received some considerable attention in past decades of historical scholarship."--Alison Bashford, Journal of American History
Jonathan Zimmerman is professor of education and history at New York University. His books include Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory and Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications.
"Using extensive research backed by an impressive notes section, Zimmerman (Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century, 2009, etc.) untangles the complex history of how and why sex education was first introduced as a specific subject to be taught in schools and its subsequent rise and fall as a teachable course over the past 100 years."--Kirkus "A dense and detailed account of a still surprisingly contentious subject despite our increasingly liberal attitudes."--Lucy Scholes, The Independent "Zimmerman's well-documented research offers a history of brave and reasoned efforts - to inform without inciting prurience, to warn without explaining, to respect without offending - that have all failed to win consensus or even to achieve demonstrable results."--Choice "The book is an excellent source of information for the classroom in a diverse set of studies, such as history, education, human sexuality, gender studies, sociology, psychology and religious studies. Too Hot To Handle engages the reader and is a comfortable, yet interesting read."--Hennie Weiss, Metapsychology Online Reviews "Zimmerman's rich book is a history of schools and education as much as it is a history of sex. It brings a curiously fresh approach to accounts of sex education... A major new account of a topic that has received some considerable attention in past decades of historical scholarship."--Alison Bashford, Journal of American History
Jonathan Zimmerman is professor of education and history at New York University. His books include Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory and Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications.