Pregnancy and power a short history of reproductive politics in America /

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Main Author: Solinger, Rickie, 1947-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is reproductive politics?
  • Racializing the nation: from the Declaration of Independence to the Emancipation Proclamation, 1776-1865
  • Sex in the city: from secrecy to anonymity to privacy, 1870s to 1920s
  • No extras: curbing fertility during the Great Depression
  • Central planning: managing fertility, race, and rights in postwar America, 1940s to 1960
  • The human rights era: the rise of choice, the contours of backlash, 1960-1980
  • Revitalizing hierarchies: how the aftermath of Roe v. Wade affected fetuses, teenage girls, prisoners, and ordinary women, 1980 to the present.