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The sterilization movement and global fertility in the twentieth century / Ian Dowbiggin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dowbiggin, Ian Robert, 1952- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sterilization (Birth control)--United States--History--20th century.
Sterilization (Birth control).
Sterilization, Reproductive--history.
Contraception Behavior--history.
History, 20th Century.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Medical Subjects:
Sterilization, Reproductive--history.
Contraception Behavior--history.
History, 20th Century.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This work takes an historical look at the sterilization movement in post-World War II America. Focusing on leaders of the sterilization movement from the 1930's on, it explores the linkages between environment, civil liberties, eugenics, population control, sex education, marriage counselling, and birth control movements.
Contents:
Up from eugenics
A new league
The poverty bomb
House on fire
A great wave
Tarred and feathered
Going global.
Notes:
Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-029333-0
0-19-770899-4
1-282-54416-0
9786612544163
0-19-971999-3
OCLC:
649982402

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