Abortion in America [[electronic resource] ] : the origins and evolution of national policy, 1800-1900 / / James C. Mohr

• Autore: Mohr James C
• Pubblicazione: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1979, c1978
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 331 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 344
• Soggetto topico: Abortion - Law and legislation - United States - History; Medical jurisprudence - United States
• Note generali: "A Galaxy book."; "GB584."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- one: Abortion in America, 1800-1825 -- two: The First Wave of Abortion Legislation, 1821-1841 -- three: The Great Upsurge of Abortion, 1840-1880 -- four: The Social Character of Abortion in America, 1840-1880 -- five: The Transitional Legislation of 1840-1860 -- six: The Physicians' Crusade Against Abortion, 1857-1880 -- seven: Public Opinion and the Abortion Issue, 1860-1880 -- eight: Anti-Abortion Legislation, 1860-1880 -- nine: Anti-Abortion as American Policy, 1880-1900 -- afterword: The Roe Decision -- Notes -- Appendices -- I. Case Studies from Medical Publications Involving Abortions in the United States, 1839-79 -- II. Case Studies from Medical Publications Involving Abortions in the United States, 1880-1900 -- III. Anti-Abortion Activity on the Part of State and Local Medical Societies -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Chronicles the incidence of abortion in nineteenthand twentieth-century America and the causes and processes of the profound social change which resulted, by 1900, in the nearly universal legal proscription of abortion.
• Titolo autorizzato: Abortion in America
• ISBN: 1-4294-0580-5; 1-280-52286-0; 0-19-972687-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818722203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II