Devices and desires : a history of contraceptives in America / Andrea Tone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tone, Andrea, 1964-

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth control--United States--History.

Birth control.

Contraceptives--United States--History.

Contraceptives.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hill and Wang, 2001.

Summary:

In Devices and Desires, Andrea Tone breaks new ground by showing what it was really like to buy, produce, and use contraceptives during a century of profound social and technological change. A down-and-out sausage-casing worker by day who turned surplus animal intestines into a million-dollar condom enterprise at night; inventors who fashioned cervical caps out of watch springs; and a mother of six who kissed photographs of the inventor of the Pill -- these are just a few of the individuals who make up this riveting story.

Contents:

Part 1 Comstockery

1. 1873 3

2. The Limits of the Law 25

3. Contraceptive Entrepreneurs 47

4. Black-Market Birth Control 67

Part 2 From Smut to Science

5. Salute to Prophylaxis 91

6. A Medical Fit 117

7. Feminine Hygiene 151

8. Condom Kings 183

Part 3 The Medicalization of Contraceptives

9. Developing the Pill 203

10. The Pill in Practice 233

11. Searching for Something Better 261

Epilogue: The Contraceptive Conundrum 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-353) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

080903817X

OCLC:

45137651