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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815036703321

Autore

Dowbiggin Ian Robert <1952->

Titolo

The sterilization movement and global fertility in the twentieth century / / Ian Dowbiggin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-029333-0

0-19-770899-4

1-282-54416-0

9786612544163

0-19-971999-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

304.6/66

Soggetti

Sterilization (Birth control) - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Up from eugenics -- A new league -- The poverty bomb -- House on fire -- A great wave -- Tarred and feathered -- Going global.

Sommario/riassunto

This work takes an historical look at the sterilization movement in post-World War II America. Focusing on leaders of the sterilization movement from the 1930's on, it explores the linkages between environment, civil liberties, eugenics, population control, sex education, marriage counselling, and birth control movements.