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9780465006083

Barren in the Promised Land

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465006083

  • ISBN10:

    0465006086

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-03-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
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Summary

the most private part of our lives--sexuality, procreation, and family.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Public and Private Stake in Reproduction
Barren to Infertile: Childlessness Before the Twentieth Century
The "Race Suicide" Panic: Eugenics and the Pressure to Procreate
Unfit for Parenthood: Class, Race, and Compulsory Sterilization
The Baby Craze: The Rise of Compulsory Parenthood
Infertility: Freud in the Bedroom, Sex at the Clinic
Childfree: The Revolt Against the Baby Boom
Designer Genes: The Baby Quest and the Reproductive Fix
Appendix: A Note on the Sample of Letters
Notes
Index
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