UID:
almafu_9959230269602883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 256 pages )
ISBN:
0-271-06688-1
Series Statement:
The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
Content:
"Examines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization"--Provided by publisher.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Introduction : struggling through life -- When abortion became a political-economic problem -- Remembering, forgetting, and the secrets of life -- "White man's plague" : anti-Malthusian memory work at the fin de siecle -- "More wisdom in living" : neo-Malthusian memory work at midcentury -- "The lesser of threatened evils" : therapeutic amnesias -- Conclusion : seeking immunity.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-271-06555-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780271066882
