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Birth control battles : how race and class divided American religion / Melissa J. Wilde.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilde, Melissa J., 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birth control--Religious aspects--History.
- Birth control.
- Birth control--United States--History.
- Social classes--United States.
- Social classes.
- History.
- Birth control--Religious aspects.
- United States.
- Eugenics--United States--History.
- Eugenics.
- Race relations--Religious aspects.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 285 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- American religious activism in the twentieth century
- Mobilizing America's religious elite in the service of eugenics
- The early liberalizers : "the church has a responsibility for the improvement of the human stock"
- The supporters : "God needed the white Anglo-Saxon race"
- The critics : "Atlanta does not believe in race suicide"
- The silent groups : "let the Christian get away from heredity"
- The religious promoters of contraception : remaining focused on other people's fertility
- The forgotten half : America's reluctant contraception converts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 30, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wilde, Melissa J., 1974- Birth control battles
- ISBN:
- 9780520972681
- 0520972686
- Publisher Number:
- 99983272777
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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