The politics of abortion and birth control in historical perspective / edited by Donald T. Critchlow.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1996.
Description
180 p. ; 23 cm.

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Summary note
  • While there is extensive literature on the social history, politics, and legal aspects of birth control and abortion in the United States, the history of family planning as a policy remains to be fully recorded. This volume is intended to contribute to this history by examining birth control and abortion within a larger cultural, policy, and comparative framework. The essays contained in this volume represent a variety of perspectives and scholarly interests. In many.
  • Instances the authors differ with each other as well as with the editor on fundamental points of historical interpretation. They all, however, share a commitment to study the politics of population within a scholarly framework that emphasizes the importance of policy history for understanding past and contemporary problems.
Notes
"Originally published as a special issue of Journal of policy history (vol. 7, no. 1, 1995)"--T.p. verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180).
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Birth control, population control, and family planning: an overview / Donald T. Critchlow
  • The birth-control movement before Roe v. Wade / James W. Reed
  • "Sound law and undoubtedly good policy" : Roe v. Wade in comparative perspective / Ian Mylchreest
  • World population growth, family planning, and American foreign policy / John Sharpless
  • Cultural politics at the edge of life / James Davison Hunter and Joseph E. Davis
  • The right to life movement: sources, development, and strategies / Keth Cassidy
  • The survival of the pro-choice movement / Suzanne Staggenborg.
Other title(s)
Journal of policy history. Vol. 7, no. 1.
ISBN
0271015705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^95038897^
OCLC
33132898
RCP
H - S
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