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Author Marks, Lara, 1963-

Title Sexual chemistry : a history of the contraceptive pill / Lara V. Marks.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  613.9432 MARKS    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  613.94 M346S    Check Shelf
Description xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. The population problem and the pill -- 2. The contraceptive challenge : the search for a pill -- 3. Sexual chemistry -- 4. Human guinea pigs? -- 5. Doctors and the pill -- 6. Handling health concerns of the pill : thrombosis -- 7. The pill and the riddle of cancer -- 8. 'A dream come true' : the reception of the pill -- 9. Divisive device : the pill and the Catholic Church -- 10. Panacea or poisoned chalice?
Subject Oral contraceptives -- History.
Oral contraceptives -- Social aspects -- History.
Contraceptives, Oral -- history.
Social Change -- history.
ISBN 0300089430 cloth alkaline paper
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