| Contents |
Conceiving risk -- The "question of alcohol and offspring" in the nineteenth century -- Diagnosing moral disorder -- Charting uncertainty through doctors' lenses -- Discordant depictions of risk -- Medical-moral authority and the redefinition of risk in the twentieth century -- Bearing responsibility. |
| Abstract |
Armstrong traces the evolution of medical knowledge about the effects of alcohol on fetal development. She argues that issues of race, class, and gender have influenced medical findings about alcohol and reproduction and that these findings reflect broader social and moral preoccupations about a woman's role and place in society. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-265) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002152399 |
| ISBN | 0801873452 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801873454 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801891083 (trade pbk. reprint) |
| ISBN | 0801891086 (trade pbk. reprint) |
