Business of Birth Control - Contraception and Commerce in Britain Before the Sexual Revolution

This volume provides a new commercial perspective on contraception in modern Britain. It examines contraceptives as commodities and demonstrates the significance of the contraceptive industry in shaping sexual knowledge alongside the medical profession, the birth control movement, and the state before the emergence of the contraceptive pill.

Info autore

Claire L. Jones is Senior Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Kent.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Claire L. Jones, Jones Claire L.
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781526182326
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8232-6
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Manchester University Press
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, History of Medicine, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Birth control, contraception, family planning