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Birth control, sex and marriage in Britain, 1918-1960 / Kate Fisher.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: vi, 294 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199267367
  • 9780199267361
Other title:
  • Birth control, sex and marriage in Britain, nineteen eighteen-nineteen sixty
  • Birth control, sex and marriage in Britain, 1918 to 1960
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.66609410904 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ766.5.G7 F57 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The Maintenance of Ignorance -- 2. Deliberate Accidents and Casual Attempts to Avoid Pregnancy -- 3. The Survival of Traditional Methods of Birth Control -- 4. The Advantages of Traditional Methods of Birth Control -- 5. Gender Relations and Birth Control Practices -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
Summary: "This book uncovers the hidden history of gender relations, sexual attitudes, and contraceptive practices that accompanied the dramatic decline in family size in the twentieth century. Drawing upon vivid oral history accounts, Kate Fisher's ground-breaking analysis places men (rather thantheir wives) behind the drive for smaller families."--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 304.66609410904 FIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A375858B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index.

Introduction -- 1. The Maintenance of Ignorance -- 2. Deliberate Accidents and Casual Attempts to Avoid Pregnancy -- 3. The Survival of Traditional Methods of Birth Control -- 4. The Advantages of Traditional Methods of Birth Control -- 5. Gender Relations and Birth Control Practices -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix.

"This book uncovers the hidden history of gender relations, sexual attitudes, and contraceptive practices that accompanied the dramatic decline in family size in the twentieth century. Drawing upon vivid oral history accounts, Kate Fisher's ground-breaking analysis places men (rather thantheir wives) behind the drive for smaller families."--Publisher description.

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