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Gordon Linda |
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Titolo |
The moral property of women [[electronic resource] ] : a history of birth control politics in America / / Linda Gordon |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-252-09527-8 |
1-283-95999-2 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (465 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Birth control - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990. |
First Illinois paperback, 2007. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : birth control, the moral property of women -- From folk medicine to prohibition to resistance. The prehistory of birth control. The criminals. Prudent sex : neo-malthusianism and perfectionism -- Toward women's power. Voluntary motherhood : the beginnings of the birth-control movement. Social purity and eugenics. Race suicide. Continence or indulgence : doctors and the "sexual revolution". Birth control and social revolution -- From women's rights to family planning. The professionalization of birth control. The depression. Planned parenthood. Birth control becomes public policy, 1945-70 -- Birth control in the era of second-wave feminsm. The mother controversy : abortion. Is nothing simple about reproduction control? Birth control and feminism. |
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