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Names: Chow, Jeremy, editor. | Johnson, Shelby Lynn, 1988– editor.
Title: Unsettling sexuality : queer horizons in the long eighteenth century / edited by Jeremy Chow and Shelby Johnson.
Description: Newark, DE : University Of Delaware Press, [2025] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024005275 | ISBN 9781644533482 (paperback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9781644533499 (hardcover ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9781644533505 (epub) | ISBN 9781644533512 (mobi) | ISBN 9781644533529 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Gay people—History—18th century. | Civilization, Modern—18th century. | Gay studies.
Classification: LCC HQ76.25 .U56 2025 | DDC 306.76/60909033—dc23/eng/20240426
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