Conceiving the future pronatalism, reproduction, and the family in the United States, 1890-1938 / Laura L. Lovett.

Author/creator Lovett, Laura L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxi, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Families--United States. --History. --20th century.
Family size--United States. --History. --20th century.
Family policy--United States. --History. --20th century.
Eugenics--United States. --History. --20th century.
Nostalgia--United States. --History. --20th century.

SeriesGender and American culture
Gender & American culture. ^A228874
Contents Nostalgia, modernism, and the family ideal -- New occasions teach new duties : Mary Elizabeth Lease's maternalist agenda -- Reclaiming the home : George H. Maxwell and the homecroft movement -- The political economy of sex : Edward A. Ross and race suicide -- Men as trees walking : Theodore Roosevelt and the conservation of the race -- Fitter families for future firesides : Florence Sherbon and popular eugenics -- American pronatalism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-228) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006033616
ISBN9780807831076 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807831077 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807858035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080785803X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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