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What adolescents ought to know : sexual health texts in early twentieth-century America / Jennifer Burek Pierce.

Author/creator Burek Pierce, Jennifer
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Fournier, Alfred, 1832-1914.
Sex instruction for teenagers--United States --History --20th century --Sources.
Sex instruction for teenagers--France --History --20th century --Sources.
Sexual health--Study and teaching --United States --History --20th century --Sources.
Sexually transmitted diseases--United States --Prevention --History --20th century --Sources.
Teenagers--Sexual behavior --United States --History --20th century --Sources.
Teenagers--Health and hygiene --United States --History --20th century --Sources.
Teenagers--Books and reading --United States --History --20th century --Sources.
Written communication--United States --History --20th century.
Books and reading--United States --History --20th century.
Series Print culture and the history of the book
Studies in print culture and the history of the book. ^A388034
Contents French origins of international sexual health communication with adolescents -- Initial transnational intersections: French texts and American culture -- Social hygiene vs. the sexual plagues in Indiana and the world -- What young readers ought to know: the successful selling of sex education -- Battling books: censorship, conservatism, and market competition.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-226) and index.
LCCN 2011012390
ISBN9781558498921 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN1558498923 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558498914 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1558498915 (library cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40019416663

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