Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America Contributor(s): Tone, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809038161 ISBN-13: 9780809038169 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Medical | History - History | Social History |
Dewey: 363.960 |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.5" W x 8.54" (1.11 lbs) 384 pages |
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Publisher Description: From thriving black market to big business, the commercialization of birth control in the United States In Devices and Desires, Andrea Tone breaks new ground by showing what it was really like to buy, produce, and use contraceptives during a century of profound social and technological change. A down-and-out sausage-casing worker by day who turned surplus animal intestines into a million-dollar condom enterprise at night; inventors who fashioned cervical caps out of watch springs; and a mother of six who kissed photographs of the inventor of the Pill -- these are just a few of the individuals who make up this riveting story. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tone, Andrea: - Andrea Tone, an associate professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the author of The Business of Benevolence and the editor of Controlling Reproduction: An American History. She lives in Decatur, Georgia. |