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The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century

By Ian Dowbiggin

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0195188586, 978-0195188585
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20047424 bytes)
Pages
281\281
Time added
2015-01-15 04:05:23

Description

Many would be surprised to learn that the preferred method of birth control in the United States today is actually surgical sterilization. This book takes an historical look at the sterilization movement in post-World War II America, a revolution in modern contraceptive behavior. Focusing on leaders of the sterilization movement from the 1930's through the turn of the century, this book explores the historic linkages between environment, civil liberties, eugenics, population control, sex education, marriage counseling, and birth control movements in the 20th-century United States.

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