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ON THE PILL: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
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- ISBN-10
- 0801858763
- Publication Name
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780801858765
- Book Title
- On the Pill : a Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Science, Health & Fitness, Medical, Social Science
- Topic
- Human Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Sexuality, Abortion & Birth Control, History
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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''In 1968, a popular writer ranked the pill's importance with the discovery of fire and the developments of tool-making, hunting, agriculture, urbanism, scientific medicine, and nuclear energy. Twenty-five years later, the leading British weekly, the Economist, listed the pill as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. The image of the oral contraceptive as revolutionary persists in popular culture, yet the nature of the changes it supposedly brought about has not been fully investigated. After more than thirty-five years on the market, the role of the pill is due for a thorough examination.''-from the Introduction In this fresh look at the pill's cultural and medical history, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins re-examines the scientific and ideological forces that led to its development, the part women played in debates over its application, and the role of the media, medical profession, and pharmaceutical industry in deciding issues of its safety and meaning. Her study helps us not only to understand the contraceptive revolution as such but also to appreciate the misinterpretations that surround it.
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801858763
ISBN-13
9780801858765
eBay Product ID (ePID)
323902
Product Key Features
Book Title
On the Pill : a Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Human Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Sexuality, Abortion & Birth Control, History
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Science, Health & Fitness, Medical, Social Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hq766.5.U5w325 1998
Reviews
"Intelligent and well-structured... An admirable exercise in social history." -- Richard Davenport-Hines, Nature, "This is an exemplary study of how the nation which first had access to oral contraceptives first came to terms with their advantages, and their drawbacks."--Jon Turney, Times Literary Supplement, "In every carefully organized, lucidly written chapter Watkins provides surprising corrections to conventional thinking about the new birth control method... One especially noteworthy theme is the book's exploration of the politics of the pill, including Planned Parenthood [Federation] of America's concerted efforts to rebut critics, federal officials' dramatically shifting positions from the 1950s to the 1970s on birth control, population control and family planning, and pill-induced tensions among feminists."--Janet Farrell Brodie, Journal of American History, ''Any study of the development of the birth-control pill will be centrally concerned with the expansion of women's reproductive choices. But, as this book so clearly demonstrates, it involves other questions too. In part, it is about the risks that come with the ingestion of oral contraception. It is about the relationship between women and doctors, between women and their partners and betwen science, medicine and the media. Not least, it is about how women have responded differently to this intervention into their bodies. Underpinned by some excellent archival material, interviews with key individuals and an extensive use of the newspapers, magazines and medical journals of the time, this study is particularly strong in its discussion of concerns over the safety of the Pill... This is not the only area of interest within this valuable book. Anyone concerned with the debate over scientific advance and medical authority will find this a highly stimulating study... For her, the Pill brought the possibility of voluntary pregnancy, and feminist (and other) critics of its medical effects and social repercussions will need to engage carefully with her arguments if this important debate is to be taken to a new level.'' -- Martin Durham, Journal of American Studies, "Any study of the development of the birth-control pill will be centrally concerned with the expansion of women's reproductive choices. But, as this book so clearly demonstrates, it involves other questions too. In part, it is about the risks that come with the ingestion of oral contraception. It is about the relationship between women and doctors, between women and their partners and betwen science, medicine and the media. Not least, it is about how women have responded differently to this intervention into their bodies. Underpinned by some excellent archival material, interviews with key individuals and an extensive use of the newspapers, magazines and medical journals of the time, this study is particularly strong in its discussion of concerns over the safety of the Pill... This is not the only area of interest within this valuable book. Anyone concerned with the debate over scientific advance and medical authority will find this a highly stimulating study... For her, the Pill brought the possibility of voluntary pregnancy, and feminist (and other) critics of its medical effects and social repercussions will need to engage carefully with her arguments if this important debate is to be taken to a new level."--Martin Durham, Journal of American Studies, "A particularly fascinating issue, trim and focused, sophisticated and helpful, fresh and very interesting."--Rickie Solinger, American Historical Review
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Genesis of the Pill Chapter 2. Physicians, Patients, and the New Oral Contraceptives Chapter 3. Sex, Population, and the Pill Chapter 4. Debating the Safety of the Pill Chapter 5. Oral Contraceptives and Informed Consent Chapter 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliographical Essay Index
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-023196
Dewey Decimal
618.1/75061
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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