THE OTHER AMERICANS: Living in Emerging Alternative Lifestyles by Butler, Edgar W. and Robert L. McGinley (eds) - 1977: Vol. 1

Buena Park, CA: Lifestyles Press, 1977. 1st printing. Original wrappers. Light shelfwear; some sunning to spine. Business card of Lifestyles Organization taped to inside front cover. Very good. 4to. ix+225pp., notes and references per article; author index. Dedicated to the honest investigation of new lifestyles, alternative to the "traditional" nuclear family, without moral or social bias. Sections address emerging economic factors and lifestyles; exotic lifestyles; emerging relationship perspectives; sexual patterns; sexual problems; multiple relationship patterns; alternatives and traditional marriage, etc. Topics include homosexuality, swinging, transgenderism, the handicapped, child love, nudism, abortion, communal living, open marriage, open divorce, et al. Contributors include Diane Bloom, J.E. Paul Breton, Pat Durham, Joseph N. Feinstein, Charles Finley, Jerry Meints, Renee M. Namaste, Robert Rimmer, and 24 others.