Birth Control in Nineteenth-Century England

Originally published in 1978, this title contends that the great interest of the 19th-century birth control debate is that it reveals that there was not a growing consensus of opinion on the question of family planning but rather two cultural confrontations.

List of contents

Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Background to the Birth Control Debate 1. Quackery and Control of Fertility in Eighteenth-Century England Part 2: Contraception and the Class Struggle 2. The Beginning of the Birth Control Debate 3. Contraception and Working-Class Movements 4. Birth Control and Medical Self-help 5. Birth Control and the Morality of Married Life Part 3: Neo-Malthusianism and its Late Nineteenth-Century Critics 6. The Malthusian League 7. Birth Control and the British Medical Profession, 1850-1914 8. Birth Control and Eugenics 9. Socialists and Birth Control: the Case of the Social Democratic Federation 10. Socialists and Birth Control: Freedom or Efficiency 11. Feminism and Fertility Control Part 4: Theory and Practice 12. Birth Control and the Working Classes 13. Abortion in England, 1890-1914. Conclusion. Index.

About the author

Angus McLaren

Summary

Originally published in 1978, this title contends that the great interest of the 19th-century birth control debate is that it reveals that there was not a growing consensus of opinion on the question of family planning but rather two cultural confrontations.

Product details

• Authors: Angus Mclaren, McLaren Angus
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032278995
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227899-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Birth control, contraception, family planning