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100 1 a| McLaren, Angus.=| ^A14060;

245 10 a| Reproduction by design :b| sex, robots, trees, and test-tube babies in interwar Britain /c| Angus McLaren.;

260 a| Chicago ;a| London :b| University of Chicago Press,c| 2012.;

300 a| viii, 235 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-226) and index.;

505 0 a| Speculative literature and mechanistic progress -- "The standardized world we are facing and fearing": sex and futurist fictions -- "What is better, a car or a wife?": automobiles and modern bodies -- "A race of human machines": robots and reproduction -- Beyond the predictive: sex in real time -- "A sort of animal or mechanic immortality": glands and eugenics -- "A spinster and a syringe": debating test-tube babies -- Romantic racialism -- "Breeding a race apart from nature": ruralists and conservationists.;

650 0 a| Technology in literature.=| ^A156914;

650 0 a| Reproductive technologyz| England.=| ^A814033;

650 0 a| Reproductionx| Social aspectsz| England.=| ^A392;

650 0 a| English literaturey| 20th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A23017;

650 0 a| Futurism (Literary movement)=| ^A62535;

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Reproduction by design : sex, robots, trees, and test-tube babies in interwar Britain / Angus McLaren.

Author/creator	McLaren, Angus
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Description	viii, 235 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Technology in literature. Reproductive technology--England. Reproduction--Social aspects. --England. English literature--20th century. --History and criticism. Futurism (Literary movement)

Contents	Speculative literature and mechanistic progress -- "The standardized world we are facing and fearing": sex and futurist fictions -- "What is better, a car or a wife?": automobiles and modern bodies -- "A race of human machines": robots and reproduction -- Beyond the predictive: sex in real time -- "A sort of animal or mechanic immortality": glands and eugenics -- "A spinster and a syringe": debating test-tube babies -- Romantic racialism -- "Breeding a race apart from nature": ruralists and conservationists.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-226) and index.
LCCN	2011018998
ISBN	9780226560694 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226560694 (cloth : alk. paper)

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