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Praise for Delirium <br> Nancy L. Cohen narrates the history and continued salience of the sexual backlash with the wisdom of a fine historian and the passion of a liberal activist. Delirium is an indispensable source for understanding how profoundly the politics of the body has swayed the body politic. --Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation <br> With abortion rights, birth control, and gay marriage still roiling American politics, it is obvious that the conservative reaction against the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s remains a powerful force in our world today. Nancy L. Cohen, a lively writer and excellent historian, places our current situation in historical perspective, tracing how over the past forty years the sexual counterrevolution has helped shape the political landscape. A fascinating and disturbing book. --Eric Foner, Columbia University <br> Nancy L. Cohen's Delirium is a provocative and original examination o

Praise for Delirium <br> An insightful look at the history of sexual mores and politics and how we got to such a contentious place. -- Booklist <br> In her critique of bipartisan extremism, historian Cohen expertly details its rise within the Democratic and Republican parties by mining seven presidential elections ... Cohen uses quantitative evidence to claim, quite cogently, that the sexual counterrevolution has overplayed its hand and that cultural progressivism is the new American way, making this book an impressive contribution to the political dialogue. -- Publishers Weekly <br> Nancy L. Cohen narrates the history and continued salience of the sexual backlash with the wisdom of a fine historian and the passion of a liberal activist. Delirium is an indispensable source for understanding how profoundly the politics of the body has swayed the body politic. --Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation <br> With abortion rights, b

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Nancy L. Cohen is a historian and author of four books, including the widely acclaimed Delirium- The Politics of Sex in America and The Reconstruction of American Liberalism. Her writing on American politics has appeared in the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, Rolling Stone, and other publications. She has taught politics and history at Occidental College, UCLA, and Cal State Long Beach. Cohen serves as a commissioner on the Los Angeles County Commission for Women. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.

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