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Autore |
Critchlow Donald T |
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Intended consequences : birth control, abortion, and the federal government in modern America / / Donald T. Critchlow |
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New York ; ; Hong Kong, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771394-7 |
1-280-65525-9 |
0-19-802153-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Birth control - Government policy - United States |
Abortion - Government policy - United States |
United States Social policy |
United States Politics and government |
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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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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1999. |
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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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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Laying the Foundation for Federal Family Planning Policy: The Eisenhower-Kennedy Years -- 2. Moving Forward Quietly: Family Planning in the Johnson Administration -- 3. Implementing the Policy Revolution Under Johnson and Nixon -- 4. The Backlash: Roman Catholics Contraceptives, Abortion, and Sterilization -- 5. Richard Nixon and the Politicization of Family Planning Policy -- 6. Contesting the Policy Terrain After Roe: From Reagan to Clinton -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This story of the federal government's intervention in the most private aspect of American family life sheds light on the culture wars over unwed motherhood, homosexual parenting, a woman's right to an abortion, drawing a political map of past choices and current consequences. |
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