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Condom nation : the U.S. government's sex education campaign from World War I to the Internet / Alexandra M. Lord.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lord, Alexandra M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Public Health Service.
- United States.
- Sex instruction--United States--History.
- Sex instruction.
- Contraception--United States--History.
- Contraception.
- Sexually transmitted diseases--United States--Prevention.
- Sexually transmitted diseases.
- Medical policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Medical policy.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 224 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Public Health Service's involvement in sex education provides new insights into one of the most contested subjects in America.
- Contents:
- In bed with the Fed
- The people's war, 1918-1926
- Battling the mad dog, 1927-1940
- Lifting the shadow from the land, 1941-1945
- A sense of false security, 1946-1959
- Making love, not babies or diseases, 1960-1980
- Telling it like it is, 1981-1988
- Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, 1989-2008.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9870-6
- OCLC:
- 923194921
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