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Alfred C. Kinsey was surely the single most important and influential researcher of human sexual behavior in the 20th century. James H. Jones's massive biography Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life (CH Mar'98) revealed Kinsey's bisexuality and masochism, and raised questions about his motives for his research. Gathorne-Hardy specifically seeks to explore Kinsey's life and contributions in a more balanced fashion than did Jones. Altogether, Gathorne-Hardy has produced an eminently readable and worthwhile study, which can be enjoyed as a biography of an exceptionally complex and interesting person. It also makes a substantial contribution to understanding the prevailing orientation in the US toward sexuality in the first half of the 20th century. Finally, it provides an account and an assessment of Kinsey's landmark research on male and female human sexual behavior. Kinsey was a controversial figure in his own time, and remains so today. This book brings out some contradictory aspects of his character but ultimately adopts an appreciative stance toward an indisputably fascinating individual who almost single-handedly initiated the scientific study of human sexuality. Appendixes. General readers; upper-division undergraduates and above. --D. O. Friedrichs, University of Scranton, 2000jul CHOICE.

<p>Alfred C. Kinsey was surely the single most important and influential researcher of human sexual behavior in the 20th century. James H. Jones's massive biography Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life (CH Mar'98) revealed Kinsey's bisexuality and masochism, and raised questions about his motives for his research. Gathorne-Hardy specifically seeks to explore Kinsey's life and contributions in a more balanced fashion than did Jones. Altogether, Gathorne-Hardy has produced an eminently readable and worthwhile study, which can be enjoyed as a biography of an exceptionally complex and interesting person. It also makes a substantial contribution to understanding the prevailing orientation in the US toward sexuality in the first half of the 20th century. Finally, it provides an account and an assessment of Kinsey's landmark research on male and female human sexual behavior. Kinsey was a controversial figure in his own time, and remains so today. This book brings out some contradictory aspects of his character but ultimately adopts an appreciative stance toward an indisputably fascinating individual who almost single-handedly initiated the scientific study of human sexuality. Appendixes. General readers; upper-division undergraduates and above.--D. O. Friedrichs, University of Scranton, 2000jul CHOICE.

<p> Alfred C. Kinsey was surely the single most important and influentialresearcher of human sexual behavior in the 20th century. James H. Jones's massivebiography Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life (CH Mar'98) revealed Kinsey'sbisexuality and masochism, and raised questions about his motives for his research.Gathorne-Hardy specifically seeks to explore Kinsey's life and contributions in amore balanced fashion than did Jones. Altogether, Gathorne-Hardy has produced aneminently readable and worthwhile study, which can be enjoyed as a biography of anexceptionally complex and interesting person. It also makes a substantialcontribution to understanding the prevailing orientation in the US toward sexualityin the first half of the 20th century. Finally, it provides an account and anassessment of Kinsey's landmark research on male and female human sexual behavior.Kinsey was a controversial figure in his own time, and remains so today. This bookbrings out some contradictory aspects of his

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Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy is the author of The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny and The Public School Phenomenon. He has also written a biography of Gerald Brenan, The Interior Castle.

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