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1 online resource (262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : portraits |
| Contents |
Up from eugenics -- A new league -- The poverty bomb -- House on fire -- A great wave -- Tarred and feathered -- Going global |
| Summary |
This book takes an historical look at the sterilization movement in post-World War II America, a revolution in modern contraceptive behavior. Focusing on leaders of the sterilization movement from the 1930's through the turn of the century, this book explores the historic linkages between environment, civil liberties, eugenics, population control, sex education, marriage counseling, and birth control movements in the 20th-century United States. Sterilization has been variously advocated as a medical procedure for defusing the "population bomb," expanding individual rights, liberating women from the fear of pregnancy, strengthening marriage, improving the quality of life of the mentally disabled, or reducing the incidence of hereditary disorders. From an historical standpoint, support for free and unfettered access to sterilization services has aroused opposition in some circles, and was considered a "liberal cause" in post-World War II America. This story demonstrates how a small group of reformers helped to alter traditional notions of gender and sexuality. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Sterilization (Birth control) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Sterilization, Reproductive -- history
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Contraception Behavior -- history
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History, 20th Century
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Socioeconomic Factors
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
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Sterilization (Birth control)
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Sterilisation
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Geburtenentwicklung
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Fertilität
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Geburtenrückgang -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Geburtenregelung -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Sterilisation -- (Unfruchtbarmachung) -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Geburtenregelung.
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Sterilisation (Unfruchtbarmachung)
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Fruchtbarkeit.
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United States
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USA
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USA.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199719990 |
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0199719993 |
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