In ignorance and in knowledge: Reflections on the history of sex education in Britain

Shaping Sexual Knowledge: A Cultural History of Sex Education in Twentieth Century Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 19-36

  Hall, Lesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203891407     Document Type: Chapter

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