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Author Solinger, Rickie, 1947-

Title Pregnancy and power : a short history of reproductive politics in America / Rickie Solinger.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2005.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.9609 So44p 2005    ---  Available
Description vii, 303 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-286) and index.
Contents What is reproductive politics? -- Racializing the nation : From the Declaration of Independence to the Emancipation Proclamation, 1776-1865 -- Sex in the city : from secrecy to anonymity to privacy, 1870s to 1920s -- No extras : curbing fertility during the Great Depression -- Central planning : managing fertility, race, and rights in postwar America, 1940s to 1960 -- The human rights era : the rise of choice, the contours of backlash, 1960-1980 -- Revitalizing hierarchies : how the aftermath of Roe v. Wade affected fetuses, teenagers, prisoners, and ordinary women.
Subject Birth control -- Political aspects.
Abortion -- Political aspects.
Human reproduction -- Political aspects.
Women's rights.
Reproductive Rights -- history -- United States.
Contraception -- United States.
Reproduction -- United States.
ISBN 0814798276 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. 9780814798270
NLM 101263387

 
    
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