Revolutionary conceptions : women, fertility, and family limitation in America, 1760-1820 / Susan E. Klepp.

Author/creator Klepp, Susan E.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Descriptionvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Birth control--United States. --History. --18th century.
Women--United States. --Social conditions. --18th century.
Contraception--history. --United States.
Birth Rate--United States.
Family Characteristics--United States.
History, 18th Century--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
Social Conditions--history. --United States.
Women's Rights--history. --United States.
United States--Social conditions. --To 1865.

Contents Introduction. first to fall: fertility, American women, and revolution -- Starting, spacing, and stopping: the statistics of birth and family size -- Old ways and new -- Women's words -- Beauty and the bestial: images of women -- Potions, pills, and jumping ropes: the technology of birth control -- Increase and multiply: embarrassed men and public order -- Reluctant revolutionaries -- Conclusion. fertility and the feminine in early America.
General note"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009024332
ISBN9780807833223 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807833223 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807859926 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807859923 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ766.5.U5 K54 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold