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Author Tone, Andrea, 1964-

Title Devices and desires : a history of contraceptives in America / Andrea Tone.

Publication Info. New York : Hill and Wang, 2002.
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.96 T664D    In Transit
Edition First paperback edition.
Description xvii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Comstockery : 1873 ; Limits of the law ; Contraceptive entrepreneurs ; Black-market birth control -- From smut to science : Salute to prophylaxis ; Medical fit ; Feminine hygiene ; Condom kings -- Medicalization of contraceptives : Developing the pill ; Pill in practice ; Searching for something better ; Epilogue : the contraceptive conundrum.
Subject Birth control -- United States -- History.
Contraceptives -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0809038161
9780809038169
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