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

Author/creator Klepp, Susan E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionvi, 312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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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.
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LCCN 2009024332
ISBN9780807833223 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807833223 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807859926 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807859923 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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