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Revolutionary Conceptions : Women, Fertility, and Family Limitation in America, 1760-1820.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press SeriesPublisher: Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9798890885470
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revolutionary ConceptionsDDC classification:
  • 304.6/66082097309033
LOC classification:
  • HQ766.5.U5
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction FIRST TO FALL: Fertility, American Women, and Revolution -- 1. STARTING, SPACING, AND STOPPING: Ihe Statistics ofBirth and Family Size -- 2. OLD WAYS AND NEW -- 3. WOMEN’S WORDS -- 4. BEAUTY AND THE BESTIAL: Images of Women -- 5. POTIONS, PILLS, AND JUMPING ROPES The Technology of Birth Control -- 6. INCREASE AND MULTIPLY: Embarrassed Men and Public Order -- 7. RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARI ES -- Conclusion FERTILITY AND THE FEMININE IN EARLY AMERICA -- Appendix -- Index.
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Intro -- Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction FIRST TO FALL: Fertility, American Women, and Revolution -- 1. STARTING, SPACING, AND STOPPING: Ihe Statistics ofBirth and Family Size -- 2. OLD WAYS AND NEW -- 3. WOMEN’S WORDS -- 4. BEAUTY AND THE BESTIAL: Images of Women -- 5. POTIONS, PILLS, AND JUMPING ROPES The Technology of Birth Control -- 6. INCREASE AND MULTIPLY: Embarrassed Men and Public Order -- 7. RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARI ES -- Conclusion FERTILITY AND THE FEMININE IN EARLY AMERICA -- Appendix -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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