The Social Setting of Homosexuality

Text of an informal talk on the social psychology of homosexuality and anti-homosexual sen­­timent presented at a 1963 meeting of the New York chapter of the Mattachine Society, the first enduring homosexual organization in the United States. Author Ernest Van Den Haag (1914-2002) was a practicing psychoanalyst and an adjunct professor of sociology at New York University; he went on to serve as professor of jurisprudence and public policy at Fordham University.

The dust jacket illustration is by artist Mario de Graaf (né Marius Franciscus Simon, 1921-2008), reprinted from a 1958 issue of the Dutch ho­mophile magazine Vriendschap. The booklet includes two pages of publisher's advertisements: one for the Mattachine Review and one for a book from Pan-Graphic Press, the independent press and offset printing house set up by leaders of the national Mattachine Society in San Francisco.

CONDITION:Margins of dust jacket somewhat worn & creased; spine fold somewhat sunned; front panel of dust jacket with one short tear (1.5 cm) to upper edge & small scuff & adhesive mark (circa 1 cm x 2 cm) from removal of price tag.