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Author Stormer, Nathan, 1966- author.

Title Sign of pathology : U.S. medical rhetoric on abortion, 1800s-1960s / Nathan Stormer
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages)
Series The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Contents Introduction : struggling through life -- When abortion became a political-economic problem -- Remembering, forgetting, and the secrets of life -- "White man's plague" : anti-Malthusian memory work at the fin de siècle -- "More wisdom in living" : neo-Malthusian memory work at midcentury -- "The lesser of threatened evils" : therapeutic amnesias -- Conclusion : seeking immunity
Summary "Examines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
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Subject Abortion -- United States -- History
Rhetoric
Abortion, Induced -- history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Public Policy -- history
rhetoric (discipline)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
Abortion
Rhetoric
Aborter -- historia.
Retorik.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271066882
0271066881