Birth Control and American Modernity

Birth Control and American Modernity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-13 : 9781316519585
ISBN-10 : 1316519589
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Book Synopsis Birth Control and American Modernity by : Trent MacNamara

Download or read book Birth Control and American Modernity written by Trent MacNamara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MacNamara reveals how ordinary women and men legitimized birth control through private moral action, as opposed to public advocacy, in the early twentieth century.


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