Controlling Reproduction: An American History

by Andrea Tone (Editor)

Overview

Few topics stir stronger interest than birth control and abortion. Divisive opinions abound. This informative, detailed text contains 39 writings on the history of reproduction in the U.S. The historical path of reproduction control is viewed in the contexts of politics, law, medicine, sexuality, business, and social change. Because birth control has been construed chiefly as a female responsibility, Controlling Reproduction stresses the centrality of gender in the history of reproduction and explores how and why reproduction-as a biological, social, and economic function-became a gender-assigned issue. Controlling Reproduction also includes some of the most significant debates currently guiding the study of reproduction. Students will find this work a powerful, enlightening source on women's issues and the history of birth control in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780842025744
Publisher:	Scholarly Resources, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1996
Series:	Worlds of Women Series , #2
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.52(w) x 9.18(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Andrea Tone is assistant professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Table of Contents

Part 1 I Birth Control and Abortion in Early America Part 2 IIThe Medicalization of Reproduction Part 3 III Fertility Control in Nineteenth-Century America Part 4 IV Regulating Reproduction Part 5 V Birth Control Revolution: Reproductive Freedom or Social Control? Part 6 VI Reproductive Rights Part 7 VII The Political Economy of Birth Control

Editorial Reviews

This book traces the history of the reproduction rights movement in the United States. . . . From Cornelia Dayton's essay on abortion in eighteenth-century New England to Rosalind Petchesky's examination of birth control politics, Controlling Reproduction contains a wealth of material on every aspect of reproductive freedom.
Contains a wealth of material on every aspect of reproductive freedom

Journal Of Women's History

This volume offers insights culled from women's studies scholarship with the intent of exploring society. Controlling Reproduction is an informative, comprehensive account that provides insight and perspective on the historical path of reproduction control, which is viewed in the contexts of politics, law, medicine, sexuality, business, and social change.

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This book traces the history of the reproduction rights movement in the United States. . . . From Cornelia Dayton's essay on abortion in eighteenth-century New England to Rosalind Petchesky's examination of birth control politics, Controlling Reproduction contains a wealth of material on every aspect of reproductive freedom.
Contains a wealth of material on every aspect of reproductive freedom

Journal of Women's History

The breadth of Andrea Tone's project is its greatest strength. Bringing together the topics of birth control, abortion,a nd the medicalization of pregnancy, and changes in these over three centuries, allows the reader to see connections that are often not made. Controlling Reproduction is interdisciplinary and connects economic, political, and technological changes and their effects on reproduction.

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