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

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

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    • 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).
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    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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