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1 online resource (xv, 372 pages) : illustrations |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Epidemics, Reproduction, and the Fear of Maternal Marking; ONE: Observing Bodies; TWO: Specter of Tragedy; THREE: Wrongful Information; FOUR: Law Making and Law Breaking in an Epidemic; FIVE: "If Unborn Babies Are Going to Be Protected"; EPILOGUE: From Anxiety to Rights; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
Summary |
Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epidemic would ultimately transform abortion politics, produce new science, and help build two of the most enduring social movements of the late twentieth century--the reproductive rights and the disability rights movements. At most a minor rash and fever for women, German measles (also known as rubella), if contracted during pregnancy, could result in miscarriages, infant deaths, and serious birth defe. |
Subject |
Abnormalities, Human -- United States -- History.
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Abortion -- United States -- History.
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Disability awareness -- United States -- History.
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Rubella in pregnancy -- United States -- History.
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Rubella -- United States -- History.
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Rubella.
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Abortion |
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Rubella |
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United States |
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Sensibilisation à la situation des personnes handicapées -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Rubéole chez la femme enceinte -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Rubéole -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Rubéole.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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Abnormalities, Human
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Abortion
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Disability awareness
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Rubella
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Rubella in pregnancy
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Indexed Term |
20th century american culture. |
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20th century american medical history. |
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abortion politics. |
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abortion. |
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children with disabilities. |
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courtroom testimony. |
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dangerous babies. |
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disability rights movement. |
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disability. |
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disabled babies. |
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disease. |
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doctor. |
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dying babies. |
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family. |
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german measles epidemic. |
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german measles. |
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health. |
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infant deaths. |
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medicine. |
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miscarriages. |
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motherhood. |
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mothers. |
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national anxiety. |
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newborn babies. |
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parenthood. |
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pregnancy. |
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pregnant women. |
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reproductive rights movement. |
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rubella. |
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science. |
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serious birth defects. |
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social movements. |
Genre/Form |
History
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Other Form: |
Print version: 0520259033 |
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Print version: 9780520259034 |
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Print version: 9780520945005 |
ISBN |
9780520945005 (electronic bk.) |
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052094500X (electronic bk.) |
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9780520259034 (print) |
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0520259033 (print) |
Standard No. |
DEBBG BV040834121 |
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DEBBG BV043160213 |
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DEBBG BV044165576 |
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DEBSZ 421408545 |
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DEBSZ 431146357 |
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NZ1 14691282 |
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AU@ 000066764756 |
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