Passion and Power: Sexuality in History is a landmark collection of scholarly essays exploring how sexuality has shaped social, cultural, and political life in the United States. Edited by Kathy Peiss and Christina Simmons, with contributions by leading historians including Robert A. Padgug, this volume examines topics such as sexual identity, gender roles, power, repression, morality, and social movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Published by Temple University Press as part of the Critical Perspectives on the Past series, it is an essential resource for the study of history, sociology, gender studies, and sexuality studies.