Pregnancy and power [electronic resource] : a short history of reproductive politics in America / Rickie Solinger.

By: Solinger, Rickie, 1947-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2005Description: vii, 303 pSubject(s): Birth control -- Political aspects -- United States | Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States | Human reproduction -- Political aspects -- United States | Women's rights -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: HQ766.5.U5 | S67 2005Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-286) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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