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Record Nr.

UNISA996248010703316

Autore

Coleman Samuel <1946->

Titolo

Family Planning in Japanese Society : Traditional Birth Control in a Modern Urban Culture / / Samuel Coleman ; with a new foreword by Patricia G. Steinhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-4008-4399-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 269 p. ) : 9 ill. ;

Disciplina

306.810952

Soggetti

Marriage - Japan

Contraception - Japan

Birth control - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1983.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword to 1991 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER I Introduction: How the Japanese Limit Fertility -- CHAPTER 2 Resources for Terminating Pregnancies -- CHAPTER 3 Resources for Contraception -- CHAPTER 4 Abortion, the "Necessary Evil" -- CHAPTER 5 Making Do: Method Adoption and Performance -- CHAPTER 6 Conjugal Roles and Women's Status -- CHAPTER 7 Sexuality -- CHAPTER 8 Four Couples -- CHAPTER 9 What Would Bring About a Change? -- Appendices -- APPENDIX A Selection and Characteristics of the Questionnaire and Interview Samples -- APPENDIX B Translated Questionnaire Form -- APPENDIX C Selected Nationwide Japanese Surveys on Family Planning and Related Areas -- References in English -- References in Japanese -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book description for the previously published "Family Planning in Japanese Society: Traditional Birth Control in a Modern Urban Culture" is not yet available.